Posted: March 7th, 2016
Please supply a phonetic transcription of the following assuming a careful measured pronunciation in ‘general Australian English’ (use the ‘Harrington, Cox, and Evans 1997’
system for transcribing Australian English supplied below as an appendix).
1.He was there.
2.Did John see you?
3.We had peanuts.
4.Can you run fast?
5.Bill had lamb and peas.
6.You could not keep up.
7.Which clip is that?
8.He bought four thick planks of wood.
9.It was an awful trip.
10.Paul crept quickly up that hall.
Note:Your task is to transcribe according to the general Australian English described by Harrington et al,adding phonetic details only as specified in the appendix on the next page and as discussed in the lectures;it is not your task
in this assignment to transcribe the individual speech of any particular person, yourself or anyone else.
Appendix ‘Harrington, Cox, and Evans 1997’ s
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