Prof John C. Wells_'Ear Training: Phonetic Transcription Exercise, including Stress and Intonation'

Professor Emeritus John C. Wells gives an Ear Training Session: phonetic transcription exercise of English words, English-based nonsense words (invented phonetic sequences for ear training) and connected speech, including stress and intonation at the University College London Summer Course in English Phonetics 2006. Keywords: ear training, dictation, phonetic transcription, orthography, schwa [ə], strong form / weak form, glottal stop, new information / old information, syllabic nasal, syllabic /n/ [n̩], HappY vowel [i], German and English differences, strong vowels / weak vowels, strong form / weak form, rhythmic stress, stress mark, intonation, intonation phrase (group), tone mark, nonsense words, Head (High Head, Low Head, Stepping Head, Sliding Head, etc), Nucleus, Nuclear Tone (High Fall, Low Fall, High Rise, Low Rise, Fall-Rise, Mid-Level, etc), stressed / accented. Note: The same marks can be used in two different ways: In the notation of stresses alone, the mark ˈ indicates a primary stress, and ˌ a secondary stress, whereas in the notation of intonation, ˈ indicates a High Head Onset, and ˌ a Low Head Onset. º in intonation indicates that the syllable is stressed but not accented. | is an intonation phrase (IP) boundary. ... indicates an underlined syllable. Each underlined syllable is the Nucleus of the IP. References: O’Connor, J. D. and Arnold, G. F. (1962 and 1973) The Intonation of Colloquial English Longman. Wells, John C. (1982) _Accents of English_(3 Volumes) Cambridge University Press. Wells, John C. (2006) English Intonation Cambridge University Press. Wells, John C. (1990, 2000 and 2008) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary Pearson Education.