Chapter 2 examples

Chapter 2 examples

Felicity Cox

Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Australian English consonants

Word list from table 2.1

pie

buy

my

fie

vie

tie

die

nigh

thigh

thy

sigh

zoo

rye

lie

why

kite

guy

hang

high

chin

gin

shy

Asia

you

Australian English vowels

Word list from table 2.3

beat

bit

bet

cared

bat

Bart

but

pot

bought

put

boot

Bert

bait

bite

Boyd

bout

boat

beard

the (not "thee")

Lexical sets

Word list from table 2.4

FLEECE - sea, equal, me, bead, shriek

KIT - lip, myth, pretty, hymn, sing

DRESS - bed, belt, send, any, said

SQUARE - air, bear, scare, aerial, heir

TRAP - lap, mad, band, marriage, jazz

BATH - Arthur, flask, laugh, path, calf

PALM - father, alms, lager, spa, lama

START - star, heart, ark, harm, large

STRUT - luck, chunk, fuzzy, tough, lung

CLOTH - cough, floss, loft, song, sausage

LOT - rod, shop, yacht, hollow, Lombok

THOUGHT - daughter, jaw, hall, sauce, walk

NORTH - wart, warm, horse, thorn, order

FORCE - floor, four, hoarse, glory, sport

FOOT - put, push, pull, woman, pudding

GOOSE - swoon, beauty, boost, loot, fool

NURSE - curl, work, pearl, skirt, urge

FACE - rake, way, great, apron, range

PRICE - wise, light, hike, tiger, island

CHOICE - audio boy, moist, soil, oyster, noise

MOUTH - asour, plough, house, round, flower

GOAT - sew, boat, soul, coast, old

NEAR - fear, peer, weir, beard, cashier

LETTER - doctor, razor, ladder, sugar, martyr

COMMA - sofa, Asia, panda, Lisa, drama

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