Practice question · True or false
A narrow phonetic transcription is more correct than a broad phonemic one.
Hints
- Ask what each kind of transcription is for.
- A dictionary uses broad transcription deliberately.
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False
Why
False. They answer different questions: broad records the phonemes intended, narrow records the realisations produced. A dictionary uses broad transcription because the allophonic detail is predictable from the rules and therefore not worth printing, including it would add length without adding information.
Practise English Consonants II: the Rest, and Allophony
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