Practice question · Multiple choice
Connected speech alters citation forms through systematic phonological processes rather than sloppy articulation. What follows from this distinction when transcribing fluent speech?
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- Does phonetic transcription aim to capture the idealised lexicon or real spoken delivery?
- How do regular phonological rules differ from unintended articulatory mistakes?
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C. Transcriptions must represent the systematic phonological realisations
Why
Treating connected speech as systematic means transcriptions record actual acoustic output rather than an idealised orthographic base. Restoring elided segments misrepresents spoken reality, while assuming changes belong only to narrow transcription ignores phonemic alterations like assimilation.
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