Language Structure Problems

A Story about a Little Bird

Part One: Reading Transcription

Below you will find some text transcribed phonetically. Please provide the correct orthographic representation of this passage. Note that the passage does include spaces between most words, but where words are linked by phonological process, the spaces have been removed. Thought groups are given here in separate square brackets; a close and re-open of brackets does not necessarily indicate a new sentence.

[æz aj wəsItiŋ In maj ɔfIs jεstr̩dej aj wəstartl̩d tu hir ʌ sʌdn̩ ʃarp θ^d əgInst maj wIndow]
[naw It Iz wr̩θ rimajndiŋ ðoz əv ju hu hæv bIn ʌp hir æn tεlIŋ ðoz əv ju hu hæv nat ðæt maj ɔfIs Iʒ lokejtId ɔn ðə fɔrθ flɔr əv maj ækədεmIk bIldIŋ]
[sow nakIŋ ɔn maj partIkjulr̩ ɔfis wIndow Iz now min fit]
[It mεʒr̩z mejbi fIfti fit frəm hir tə ðə sajdwɔk bilow]
[It majt bi ʌ sɔŋbr̩d bət aj howp nat]
[aj hæv kr̩tInz æt maj wIndow sow aj kænt ImædʒIn a br̩d wʊd mIstejkn̩li kræʃ Intu ðə glæs bət aj gεs Its pasIbl̩]
[pɔr litl̩ gajd prabli nak hImsεlf ənkanʃəs æn fɔl smæk æn εnd hIz swit lItl̩ br̩di lajf]

Part Two: Transcribe What you Hear

Here is a companion piece to the story above. Transcribe what you hear.

Updated September 10, 2012