Some common mispronounced words in Pakistan

1. Pronunciation
Muhammad Furqan Ilyas

2. Objectives
The objectives are:
 To give the better understanding of “Dialect and
Accent”
 To discuss the levels of Phonology
 To introduce the term “Received Pronunciation”
 Comparison between “Pakistani English and British
English”

3. What is Language, Dialect and Accent?
 Language: (Punjabi)
 Dialect: (variation on grammatical, syntactic level)
(Nothern Punjab Dialect , Southern Punjab Dialect etc.)
 Accent: (variation on pronunciation level)
(Lahori accent, Sialkoti accent)

4.  At phonological level, the phenomenon of
pronunciation can be studied at two levels
◦ Segmental or structural level:
 Phoneme (vowel and consonant)
◦ Supra-segmental level:
 ( stress pattern, intonation etc)

5. Segmental phonology
◦ Phoneme:
 Vowel : (vocal cords vibrate and no resistance)
 Consonant: (with obstruction of air)

8. Received Pronunciation
 The term is coined by “Daniel Jones”
 “Standard” (British) English pronunciation
 Regarded as the most prestigious accent
 It is also known as
 Queen’s English
 BBC English

9. Comparison between
‘Pakistani Angrezi’ and
‘British English’

10. Two commonly mispronounced
categories
 The post-vocalic /r/
 Dark /dɑːk/
 Park /pɑːk/
 Curtain /ˈkɜːtn/
 Consonant clusters
 Cattle /ˈkætl/
 Little /ˈlɪtl/

11. Some mispronounced words
Saturday noun
/ˈsætədeɪ/
On Saturday morning,….

12. Virtue noun
/ˈvɜːtʃuː/
 He led a life of virtue.
 She is a virtuous lady.

13. Adjective (noun)
/ˈædʒɪktɪv/

14. Democracy (noun)
/dɪˈmɒkrəsi/
 Western democracies
 I thought we were supposed to be living in a
democracy.

15. Conservative (adjective)
/kənˈsɜːvətɪv/
 Her parents’ views are conservative.

16. Comparison (noun)
/kəmˈpærɪsn/
I enclose the two plans for comparison.

17. Garrison (noun)
/ˈɡærɪsn/
 a garrison town
 Half the garrison is/are on duty.

18. Garbage (noun)
/ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ/
Don't forget to take out the garbage.

19. Some mispronounced words
Advertisement (noun)
/ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/
Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car.
Advertise (verb) /ˈædvətaɪz/
We advertised the concert quite widely.

20. Use (verb) /juːz/
He is using his pace very well.
Use (noun) /juːs/
The use of diagrams is necessary in the science subjects.

21. Advocate (noun) /ˈædvəkət/
 He is an advocate of high court
Advocate (verb) /ˈædvəkeɪt/
 The group does not advocate the use of violence.

22. Studies
Dais /ˈdeɪɪs/
A stage, especially at one end of a room, on which
people stand to make speeches to an audience.
Lectern /ˈlektən/
A stand for holding a book, notes, etc. when you
are reading in church, giving a talk, etc.
Podium

24. Some religious terms
Prophet ----------- Rasool
Ablution ----------- Wuzu
call for prayer ----------- Adhan
Prostration ----------- Sajdah
Bow ----------- Rukuh

25. Please don’t disturb me
by asking
Questions!

26. Extremely
Sorry
For
Your
Boredom