1. WILLIAM WILSON PART 4
SOUND DEALER
/daʊn ɪn ðə dʌst ðoʊ maɪ ˈspɪrɪt wʌz/aɪ maɪt həv traɪd tuː
straɪk hɪm fər ðoʊz wɜːrdz ɪf ʌt ðæt ˈmoʊmənt aɪ həd nɑːt
ˈnoʊtɪst ˈsʌmθɪŋ ˈveriː sərˈpraɪzɪŋ/maɪ koʊt həd kɔːst mɔːr
ˈmʌniː ðæn moʊst men kʊd spend/ænd ɪt həd bɪn meɪd
eˈspeʃəlliː fər ˈmi/ɪt wʌz ˈdɪfərənt/aɪ θɔːt/frʌm ˈevriː ˈʌðər koʊt
ɪn ðə wɜːrld/hwen ˈðerfɔːr/(Mr) (Preston) geɪv ˈmiː ðə koʊt hwɪʧ
hiː həd ˈpɪkɪd ʌp frʌm ðə flɔːr/aɪ sɔː wɪð ˈterər ðæt maɪ oʊn wʌz
ɔːlˈrediː ˈhæŋɪŋ ɑːn maɪ ɑːrm/ænd ðæt ðə tuː hwɜːr əˈlaɪk ɪn
ˈevriː weɪ/aɪ rɪˈmembərd ðæt ðə streɪnʤ ˈbiːɪŋ huː həd soʊ
mɪˈstiːriːəsli ˈentərd ænd left ðə ruːm həd həd ə koʊt/noʊ wʌn
els ɪn ðə gruːp həd bɪn ˈwerɪŋ wʌn/aɪ pleɪst ðə koʊt ˈɔːfərd baɪ
(Preston) ˈoʊvər maɪ oʊn ænd left hɪz ruːm/hiː dɪˈstrɔɪd maɪ
ˈɑːnər ʌt ˈɑːksfərd/
1. In the following chart, classify the words according to their stress
patterns. Use the text in phonemes.
oOo Oo oO oOoo
remember something alike especially
surprising noticed destroyed misteriously
already money

2. 2. In the chart below include examples for the intonations patterns
and specify their grammar function. If you don’t find them in the
text you can write your own sentences.
Intonation pattern Example Grammar function
FALLING My coat had cost more money than most men could spend. STATEMENTS
FALLING /duː jə ˈhəʊmwɜːk/ /wɒʃ jə hændz/ IMPERATIVE
RISING You live in Spain, don’t you? QUESTION TAGS
RISING Do you want to talk? YES,NO QUESTIONS
RISING AND FALLING I want to eat a pie, an ice cream and a cherry. LISTS
3. Extract two lines from the text and show the onset syllable, tonic
syllable and the tone unit.
 Onset syllable, Tonic syllable
 //He destroyed my honor//
 //I placed the coat offered by Preston over my own//
4. Find examples for the aspects of connected speech. (Assimilation,
coalescent, elision, contractions, etc...)
-I remembered that the strange. Elision
-The group had been wearing one. Assimilation before bilabial. /həb bɪn/
-It was not. It wasn’t. Contractions.