ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| fə ðə ˈprprpreznt | ðə tr trænˈkwɪləti | wɪðˈɪn ˈself ˈsiːkɪŋ | ən tə ˈkæri w ˌəʊvəˈbɔːn || tu ˈɔːl | tu pr prəəəəˈˈˈˈdjudjudjuːsːsːsːsəəəə|||||||| ˈænd
Trang 1Prof Francisco Zabala - 2016 1
The King’s Speech
Activity 1:
1 Watch the video (or listen to the audio file)
2 Notice the aspirated
3 Remember to close your organs of speech firmly for the voiced plosives
4 Focus on the highlighted elements How long do these vowels sound?
reasoned tranquility within our borders, to regain prosperity at this time of depression without self-seeking and to carry with us those whom the burden of the past years has disheartened or overborne To all, to each, I wish a Happy Christmas God bless you
W OOD : Congratulations, Sir
microphone do the work
W OOD : Sir
square in the eye, as would any decent Englishman Show who’s in command
to do was look respectable in uniform and not fall off his horse Now we must invade people’s homes and ingratiate ourselves with them This family’s been reduced to those lowest, basest of all creatures: we’ve become actors!
future king, the only wife he appears interested in is invariably the wife of another!
straight: no divorced person can ever be received at court He said it made him sublimely happy I imagined that was because she was sleeping with him “I give you my word,” this is what he said, “I give you my word we’ve never had immoral relations.” Stared square into his father’s face and lied When I’m dead that boy will ruin himself, this family, and this nation, within twelve months Who’ll pick
up the pieces? Herr Hitler, intimidating half of Europe, Marshall Stalin the other half? Who will stand between us, the jackboots, and the proletarian abyss? You? With your older brother shirking his duties, you’re going to have to do a lot more
of this Have a go yourself
The King’s Speech (2010) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Trang 2Prof Francisco Zabala - 2016
TIPS:
• Notice the aspirated
• I have selected the most noticeable examples of pre
duration when the syllable in which they occur ends in a voiceless consonant).
ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| fə ðə ˈprprpreznt | ðə
tr trænˈkwɪləti | wɪðˈɪn ˈself ˈsiːkɪŋ | ən tə ˈkæri w ˌəʊvəˈbɔːn || tu ˈɔːl | tu pr
prəəəəˈˈˈˈdjudjudjuːsːsːsːsəəəə|||||||| ˈænd | ˈɒf ˈeə ||
ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| ˈiːzi wen ju ˈnəʊ ˈhaʊ
pr
prəəəəˈˈˈˈdjudjudjuːsːsːsːsəəəə|||||||| ˈsɜː ||
ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| ˈhæv ə ˈɡəʊ jɔːˈself |
ˈˈˈˈwwwʊʊʊʊd ||d ||d || kənˌɡrætʃʊˈleɪʃnz ˈsɜ
ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| ˈɑː | ˈmɪstə ˈwʊd |
ˈmaɪkrəfəʊn | ˈduː ðə ˈˈˈˈwwwʊʊʊʊd ||d ||d || ˈsɜː ||
ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| ˈθæŋk ju || ˈsɪt ˈʌp ||
ði ˈaɪ | əz wʊd ˈeni ˈd ˈˈˈˈbbbbɜɜɜɜːti ||ːti ||ːti || pəˈppppɑː | aɪ ˈdəʊnt | ˈθ
ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| ðɪs ˈdevəlɪʃ dɪˈvaɪs |
wəz ˈlʊk rɪˈspektəbl ˈhəʊmz | ən ɪŋˈɡreɪʃ ˈbeɪsɪst | əv ˈɔːl ˈkrkrkriːt ˈˈˈˈbbbbɜɜɜɜːti ||ːti ||ːti || wɪə ˈnɒt ə ˈfæməli | w
ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| ˈjet ət ˈeni ˈməʊmənt
ði ˈəʊn(l)i ˈwaɪf | hi ˈˈˈˈbbbbɜɜɜɜːti ||ːti ||ːti || hiz ˈbrəʊkən ˈɒf wɪð |
ˈˈˈˈddddʒɔʒɔʒɔːdːdːdʒʒʒʒ |||||||| ənd ˈtttteɪkən ˈʌp | wɪ
(h)ɪm ˈstreɪt || ˈnəʊ d səˈblaɪmli ˈhæpi || a(
ˈwɜːd | ˈðɪs ɪz ˈwɒt ˈsteəd ˈskweər | ɪnt (h)ɪmˈself | ˈðɪs ˈfæm ˈheə ˈhɪtlə | ɪnˈttttɪmɪde bɪˈtwtwtwiːn ˈʌs | ðə ˈdʒækbu
ɪz ˈdjuːtiz | jɔː ˈɡə(ʊ)
and the devoicing of
I have selected the most noticeable examples of pre-fortis clipping (i.e the halving of a vowel
llable in which they occur ends in a voiceless consonant)
////ððððəəəə ˈˈˈˈkkkkɪɪɪɪŋz ŋz ŋz ˈˈˈˈsp sp spiiiiːːːːttttʃʃʃʃ ||||||||
ˈwɜːk | tə wɪtʃ wɪər ˈɔːl ˈiːkwəli ˈbaʊnd | ɪz tu
n ɑː ˈbɔːdəz || tə rɪˈɡeɪn prɒˈsperəti | ət ðɪs ˈtttt kæri wɪð ˈʌs | ˈðəʊz hum ðə ˈbɜːdn əv ðə ˈppppɑːst
ːl | tu ˈiːtʃ | aɪ ˈwɪʃ ə ˈhæpi ˈkrkrkrɪsməs || ˈɡɒd ˈbles ju |
ʊ ||
əʊ jɔːˈself ||
ɜː ||
|| ˈsplendɪd ˈfeləʊ || ˈtʃæp (h)u ˈttttɔːt mi ˈevr
ə ˈwɜːk ||
| ˈstreɪt ˈbæk || ˈfeɪs ˈbəʊldli ˈʌp tə ðə ˈblʌdi ˈθ ˈeni ˈdiːsnt ˈɪŋɡlɪʃmən || ˈʃəʊ huːz ɪn kəˈmɑːnd ||
θɪŋk aɪ kən ˈriːd ðɪs ||
| wl ˈtʃeɪndʒ ˈevriθɪŋ | ɪf ju ˈdəʊnt || ɪn ðə ˈppppɑːst
bl | ɪn ˈjuːnɪfɔːm || ən ˈnɒt ˈfɔːl ɒf (h)ɪz ˈhɔːs || ˈna ʃieɪt ɑːˈselvz wɪð ðəm || ðɪs ˈfæmliz | biːn r tʃəz || wiv bɪˈkkkkʌm | ˈæktəz ||
li | wɪər ə ˈfɜːm ||
nt | ˈsʌm əv əs | meɪ bi ˈaʊt əv ˈwɜːk || jɔː ˈdɑːl
hi əˈppppɪəz ˈɪntrtrtrəstɪd ɪn | ɪz ɪnˈveəriəbli | ðə ˈwaɪf
ð | wɪð ˈleɪdi ˈfɜːnəs ||
ɪð ˈmɪsɪz ˈsɪm(p)sən || ə ˈwʊmən wɪð ˈttttuː ˈhʌ dɪˈvɔːs(t) ˈppppɜːsn | kən ˈevə | bi rɪˈsiːvd ət ˈkkkkɔːt | (ɪ) ɪˈmædʒɪnd | ˈðæt wəz bɪˈkkkkɒʒ ʃi wəz ˈsliːpɪŋ w
t (h)i ˈsed || aɪ ˈɡɪv ju maɪ ˈwɜːd | wiv ˈnevə ntu ɪz ˈfɑːðəz ˈfeɪs | ən(d) ˈlaɪd || wen ˈaɪm æməli | ən ˈðɪs ˈneɪʃn | wɪðˈɪn ˈtwtwtwelv ˈmʌn(θ)s deɪtɪŋ ˈhɑːf əv ˈjʊərəp | ˈmɑːʃl ˈstɑːlɪn | ði ˈʌ ækbuːts | ən ðə ˌprprprəʊləˈteəriən əˈbɪs || ˈjuː || wɪð j )ɪŋ tə ˈhæv tə ˈduː | ə ˈlɒt ˈmɔːr əv ðɪs || ˈhæv ə
2
the halving of a vowel’s
z tu əˈraɪv | ət ə ˈriːzn(d) ttttaɪm | əv dɪˈprprpreʃn | wɪðˈaʊt ɑːst ˈjɪəz | həz dɪsˈhɑːtnd | ɔːr
ɒd ˈbles ju ||
ˈevriθɪŋ | ˈaɪ nəʊ || ˈlet ðə
ˈθɪŋ | ən ˈsteər ɪt ˈskweər ɪn
ɑːst | ˈɔːl ə ˈkkkkɪŋ ˈhæd tə ˈduː | ˈnaʊ wi məst ɪnˈveɪd ˈppppiːplz
ːn rɪˈdjuːst | tə ðəʊz ˈlə(ʊ)ɪst |
ɑːlɪŋ ˈbrʌðə | ən ˈfjuːtʃə ˈkkkkɪŋ |
əv əˈnʌðə ||
ʌzbəndz | ˈlɪvɪŋ || aɪ ˈttttəʊld
t || hi ˈsed | ɪt ˈmeɪd (h)ɪm |
ŋ wɪð (h)ɪm | aɪ ˈɡɪv ju maɪ
ə ˈhæd | ɪˈmɒrəl rɪˈleɪʃnz ||
m ˈded | ðæt ˈbɔɪ wl ˈruːɪn
s || ˈhuːl ˈppppɪk ˈʌp ðə ˈppppiːsɪz || ʌðə ˈhɑːf || ˈhuː wl ˈstænd |
ð jɔː ˈʔəʊldə ˈbrʌðə | ˈʃɜːkɪŋ
ə ˈɡəʊ jɔːˈself/