ALLOPHONES

 

Section I: Prior knowledge

1-    Based on what you have learned of English: How do we change a noun into its plural form? (only regular nouns)

I remember that when I need to change a noun into its plural form only add a suffix, usually “s” or “es”.  For example, when a noun ending in vowel only add “s” and when a noun ending in consonant you need to add “es” but there are many exceptions.

 

2-    Have you heard of allophones before? If yes, what do you know? If not, do quick research about the topic and write your understanding of them.

 

I remember a little bit  I think that allophones is when a letter have different sound and depending on the others letter for example the letter /t/ this letter have different sounds depending on where it is located.



 

 

Section II: Research

3-    What are the allophones that are used in English to represent the regular plural form?

I remember that we have three  allophones that are used in English to represent the plural form and these are: /s/ /z/ and /iz/

 

 

 

4-    When do we use each of them?

We use /iz/ when the word ends in s, z, sh, zh, ch, or j sound.

For example:

 Bus/ busses

wish / wishes

 

We use /z/ when the word ends in a vowel or other voiced sound like the m, n, ng, l, b, d, g, v, voiced th, or r sound. 

For example:

Cab/ cabs

Live / lives

 

 

We use /s/ when the word ends in a voiceless sound like a p, t, k, f, or voiceless th sound.

Cat/ cats

Cup/ cups

 

Section III: Follow up research.

5-Interview 3 friends/classmates and 1 professor/teacher and ask them what do they know about allophones?

Friend 1 : I think allophones are the variations of a morpheme that can change the sound or pronunciation of a word based on the spelling of that word. An example could be the letter "t", depending where is placed the sound can change even thought the phonem is the same.

Friend 2: He said: I am not sure.

Teacher : are sound variation for a single sound

Such as the ending sounds for plural nouns

Or the third person singular when using simple present tense

Teacher: I do not know much about it, but as far as I remember, they're sounds and how the same sound can be pronounced differently in specific words

 

p.s. highlight that no personal data will be disclose [you will neither write nor tell me their names or else]

 

 

 

Section IV: Post research

6-    Do you think that knowledge of allophones could be useful to ease the learning of English? Why?

I consider that is very necessary because that way I can know how to pronounce a word correctly.

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