How to make a dictionary - Lecture 7

Lecture Seven, 27th of November 2007

Types of Lexical Information - Pronunciation


1. Introduction
2. Learner's Diary
3. Tasks and Quizzes
4. Evaluation
5. References


1. Introduction

Topic of the lection were types of lexical information, especially phonemes and graphemes. The lecture started with a revision.



2. Learner's Diary


Graphemes
the smallest unit of writing which corresponds with a phoneme

Phonemes
sound different in different relationships


Phonemes

There are several ways of defining phonemes, depending on which of the four sign components is focussed.

- the minimal word-distinguishing sound segment (based on the contrastive function of phonemes)

- The smallest unit of a syllable (based on external sound structure)

- Consists of distinctive features (based on the internal sound structure)

- Consists of a set of allophones (based on the rendering of phonemes)


A classic

To test pronunciation.


Spelling-to-sound rules

Exceptions: spelling pronunciations

- Words which were previously pronounced differently
- There are historically motivated oddities of spelling
- Pronunciation was adapted to spelling

Examples
Berkeley
circuit
Cholmondley
clothes
conduit


3. Tasks and Quizzes

See last lecture


4. Evaluation

The poem was great and very interesting, some words are easier, some are difficult. The page with the spelling rules is very helpful, also for later studies.


5. References

http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/~gibbon/Classes/Classes2007WS/ITL/index.html