The PronSci Rectangle charts: How to Point How to point words and phrases on the British and American Rectangle charts and the Spelling charts This document should be read with a key to the charts to hand. Keys are downloadable from the PronSci website Piers Messum and Roslyn Young ©2014 Pronunciation Science Ltd www.pronsci.com Pointing words and phrases on the Rectangle and Spelling charts full vowels -----------------consonants -----------------reduced vowels The reduced sounds /t/ /r/ /t/ /ə/, www.pronsci.com /r/ /i/ 2 Last revised May 2014 /ɪ/ /ʊ/ [i]- [u] Pointing words and phrases - examples about ou ----------------b t ----------------a /aʊ/ together e -----------------------------t g th -----------------------------o er www.pronsci.com 3 Last revised May 2014 between ee -----------------------b t w n -----------------------e heavier ea --------------------h v --------------------i er tier ier --------t --------- www.pronsci.com 4 Last revised May 2014 influence i -------------------------------n f l n ce -------------------------------u e influence indiscriminate i -----------------------------------------------n d s cr m n te -----------------------------------------------i i i a /ɪ/, to Italy I -----------------------------t t l -----------------------------o a y to Italy to to /tu/ /tə/ Italy www.pronsci.com 5 Last revised May 2014 fifteen – fifty ee i -------------------------------------------------f f t n f f t -------------------------------------------------i y /n/ fifteen fifty It’s a quarter to four ar our -----------------------------------------------------------t ’s qu /w/ t t f -----------------------------------------------------------i a er o it /ɪ/ quarter /w/ yellow e ow e --------------------------------------------------------y ll y ll --------------------------------------------------------ow ˈ ˌ ˈ www.pronsci.com ellow 6 Last revised May 2014 /əʊ/ /əʊ/ /əʊ/ yellow /ɜ:/ /əʊ/ day – Thursday – Thursday evening ay ur ay ----------------------------------------d Th s d ----------------------------------------ay day /eɪ/ Thursday yellow morning evening day ur e -----------------------------------------------Th s d ve n ng -----------------------------------------------ay i www.pronsci.com 7 Last revised May 2014 thorough o ------------------th r ------------------ough Thorough Pointing words with a variable number of syllables history i -------------------------h s t (o)r -------------------------y www.pronsci.com 8 Last revised May 2014 January a --------------------------------J n /j/ r --------------------------------u a y January /j/ above /u:/ /ʊ/ /j/ a -----------------------------J n r -----------------------------/j/u a y a -----------------------------J n /j/ r -----------------------------ua y a ----------------------------J n (a)r ----------------------------/j/u y www.pronsci.com 9 Last revised May 2014 American English /r/ The retroflex /r/ in diphthongs /r/ The retroflex /r/ in reduced syllables /r/ Pointing words on the American charts www.pronsci.com 10 Last revised May 2014 1. In diphthongs near ear --------n --------- there ere ---------th ---------- sure ure --------s --------- arm ar -------m -------- north or ------------n th ------------- www.pronsci.com 11 Last revised May 2014 2. The /ɝ/ vowel /ɝ/ /ɝ/ earth ear ---------th ---------- her er -------h -------- early ear ------------l ------------y 3. The schwr as an unstressed syllable father a ----------------f th ----------------er mother o ----------------m th ----------------er www.pronsci.com 12 Last revised May 2014 future /j/u -------------------f t -------------------ure career eer ----------------c r ----------------a It’s a quarter to four ar our ----------------------------------------------------------t ’s qu /w/ t t f ----------------------------------------------------------I a er o www.pronsci.com 13 Last revised May 2014