FINAL PEC_SEP 2020

VARIACIONES FONÉTICO-FONOLÓGICAS…
Silvia C. Barreiro Bilbao

PRUEBA DE EVALUACIÓN CONTINUA FINAL (PEC) (2 h)

Full name:
Telephone number: Material: NONE
PEC (April) submitted: yes  no 
English accents of your choice: Welsh  Scottish  Irish  Australian  South African  West Indies 

1st EXERCISE (5/10 points): Questions with short answers:

1. SENTENCE ANALYSIS: Explain briefly and illustrate …

(Hint: Don’t provide the transcription of the whole sentences but of the words of
your analysis!):

1.1. … all the possible cases of assimilation and elision in *He is the
*right person. I *met him near *this shop *yesterday. (uttered by a
native speaker of RP English)

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1.2. … all the possible cases of velarization and r pronounced as an

alveolar tap in *This little *girl *called *Lea *used the *reading room
*very *often, around *three *hundred times! (uttered by a native
speaker of General American)

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1.3. … all the sounds equivalent to the RP / vowel ɜː/ in An *early *bird
with an *earth-worm. (uttered by a native speaker of the first accent
of your choice: Welsh English, Scottish English or Southern Irish
English)

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1.4. … the phenomenon of R-insertion in *After *all you’re *only twenty-

*four years *old, dear *Ellen! (uttered by a native speaker of the
second accent of your choice: Australian English, South African
English or Jamaican English)

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2nd PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION EXERCISE with PEC 3/10 points; without PEC 5/10):
Provide the phonemic transcription of the following text in GA and your two selected accents. Do not
forget to show likely weak forms, assimilations, elisions, syllabic consonants and linking ‘r’. Asterisks show
stressed syllables. Remember to divide the text into intonation units first:
1. Yes, *just leave the *little lamp *on. *That’s *better. I think *that’s as *good a *picture as you can *hope
*for. I’m a*fraid the *tube’s *going. 2. What you *ought to *do is to *hire a *set. You pay *so much a
*month, and the *firm guaran*tees to main*tain the set *for you. 3. *No, I *think I’d rather *buy one. These
*modern *sets are *pretty re*liable. *Someone’s *scored a *goal! Would that be *Scotland or *England? 4.
I *missed what the *commentator was *saying because *you were *talking. I ex*pect they’ll *show the
*score on the *screen…
1. GA (with PEC 1/10, without PEC 2/10): TRANSCRIBE ALL SENTENCES IN NUMBERS 1, 2, 3 and 4

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2. Other two accents (each accent: with PEC 1/10, without PEC 1,5/10):
2.1 Choose one: Welsh , Scottish , Southern Irish  TRANSCRIBE ALL SENTENCES IN
NUMBERS 1 and 2

2.2 Choose one: Australian , South African , West Indies  TRANSCRIBE ALL SENTENCES IN
NUMBERS 3 and 4

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Silvia C. Barreiro Bilbao

EVALUATION CRITERIA

WITH PEC (APRIL): The mark of this FINAL SEPTEMBER PEC (80% of
the final grade) will be added to the one obtained in the first PEC (April)
(the remaining 20%).

WITHOUT PEC (APRIL): If you did not submit the first PEC (April) you
can pass the course with the mark obtained in this FINAL SEPTEMBER
PEC (representing, then 100% of the final grade).

Penalization:
a. 1st EXERCISE (sentence analysis):
 By ‘mistake’ is meant either a wrong answer or a lack of
answer.
 Each mistake penalises -0.3 points

b. 2nd EXERCISE (phonemic transcription):

 By ‘mistake’ is meant either a wrong answer or a lack of
answer.
 A mistake can be made…
o …in the symbols used to represent phonemes
o …in the likely processes of connected speech
(assimilations, elisions, etc.)
o …in the division of the text into intonation units.
 If the same segmental mistake occurs more than once,
it only penalises once.
 Each mistake penalises:
o GA:
 With PEC: -0.066 points
 Without PEC: -0.13 points

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o Each accent of your choice:

 With PEC: -0.1 points
 Without PEC: -0.15 points

SUBMISSION

Use the sheets you need but try to use only the ones provided

Check your PEC before submitting

Convert your PEC document into pdf format and call it with your full
name

Send it (using the task icon in the virtual course website) before 8.00 h
(September 11) (within your time zone)

GRADES & KEY

Final grades are not expected to be uploaded by the end of September

No key of the FINAL PEC will be provided before the grades are made
public

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