Diacritics
This suprasegmental marks syllables in a word.
Syllable breaks
[dʒɛn.ju.ɪn]
This is the stressed, true "er" sound in burn, turkey, fern.
/ɜ˞ /
yellow duckling
/jɛloʊ dʌkliŋ/
The girl is riding the horse.
/ðə gɜ˞l ɪz ɹaɪdiŋ ðə hoɹs/
bet
use no audible release marker
[bɛt̚ ]
This suprasegmental marks stress.
Primary/secondary stress marker
['dʒɛn,juɪn]
This is the unstressed "er" sound in leader, ruler, charger
/ɚ/
/tɛdi bɛɹ/
Change is coming.
/tʃeɪndʒ ɪz kʌmiŋ/
plan
use raised marker
[plæ̝n]
This diacritic marks when a vowel is produced higher in the mouth than is expected.
Raised marker
[pæ̝nts]
This is the R sound in red, charge, river
/ɹ /
fork and knife
/foɹk ænd naɪf/
The sun revolves around the earth.
/ðə sʌn ɹivɔlvs ɚaʊnd ðə ɜ˞ θ/
prosody
use syllable breaks
[pɹɔ.sɪ.di]
This diacritic marks when a consonant acts as its own syllable.
Syllabic marker.
[dʒɹɪzl̩]
This is the trilled R sound that isn't represented in standard American English.
/r/
chopped carrots
/tʃɔpt kɛɹɪts/
I think I'll bring stuffing.
/aɪ θiŋk aɪl bɹiŋ stʌfiŋ/
land
use voiceless marker
[lænd̥]
This is the diacritic marker that marks when a stop is not released.
No audible release marker.
[kwot̚ ]
Transcribe the following:
Redrum is murder backwards.
[ɹɛdɹʌm ɪz mɜ˞dɚ bækwɚds]
brown guinea pig
/bɹaʊn gɪni pɪg/
This is broad transcription.
/ðɪs ɪz bɹɔd tʃɹænskɹɪpʃən/
tipping
use aspirated marker
[tʰɪpiŋ]