Grapho-phonemics 3, diagraphs 2

Question 1

diagraphs +r most common values

air
ear
oar
oor
aur

Answer 1

air → eə
fair, pair, air, billionaire, chair, despair, repair

ear → ɪə
fear, appear, clear, dear, earphone, beard, spear

oar → ɔ:
board, boar, coarse, roar, hoarseness

oor → ɔ:
poor, door, floor, moorings

aur → ɔ:
aureole, brontosaur, minotaur, taurus, theausaurus, dinosaur

Question 2

<ai> + r
</ai>

Answer 2

eə

fair, pair, air, billionaire, chair, despair, affair, fairy, prairie, solitaire..

Question 3

<ea> + r
</ea>

Answer 3

ɪə
dear, fear, appear..
or
eə
bear, sweear, wear

(same frequency)

Question 4

<ea> + r + C
</ea>

Answer 4

3: (r)
search learn, earth, hearse, rehearse…

exception
beard : with ɪə
hearth, hearthen, dishearten with ɑ:r

Question 5

year

Answer 5

irregular variant ˈj3:
regular variant ˈjɪə

Question 6

ee + r

Answer 6

ee + r → ɪə
cheer, beer, sheer, career, musketeer, eery

Question 7

oa + r

Answer 7

oa + r → ɔ:r
roar, board, hoard, aboard, coarse

Question 8

ie + r

Answer 8

ie + r → ɪə
fierce, tier, pier, chandelier, cavalier

exception : fiery with /aɪə/ → ˈfaɪəri

Question 9

aa(r)

Answer 9

aa(r) → ɑ: (r)
bazaar, aardvark, baas

Question 10

ou + r = a complex situation

Answer 10

aʊə → our, flour, sour, hour

ɔ: → four, pour, source, course, resource, discourse, mourning

3: → scourge, ajdourn, journal, journey, ocurteous

ʌ → courage, flourish, nourish

exception : earth = ‘ɜːθ

Question 11

<ed>
</ed>

Answer 11

• /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/
• /d/ after a vowel or another voiced consosnant
• /t/ after another voiceless consonant

Question 12

exceptions <ed></ed>

Answer 12

certain adjectives ahave /ɪd, əd/ against these rules
wicked, learned, naked, rugged, jagged, accursed, aged, dogged, wretched, crooked, ragged, beloved

same applies to most words in -edly, -edness
markedly → ˈmɑːrkɪdli ou ˈmɑːrkədli
markedness → ˈmɑːrkɪdnəs ou ˈmɑːrkədnəs

Question 13

<es> morpheme
</es>

Answer 13

/iz/ after /s/, /z/, /ʃ/ /ʒ/
/s/ after another voiceless consonant
/z/ after a vowel or another voiced consonant