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Language Structure Problems

A Story about a Little Bird

Part One: Reading Transcription

Below you will find some text=20 transcribed phonetically. Please provide the correct orthographic = representation=20 of this passage. Note that the passage does include spaces between most = words,=20 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=20 re-open of brackets does not necessarily indicate a new sentence.=20


[=E6z aj wəsItiŋ In maj ɔfIs jεstr̩dej = aj wəstartl̩d tu hir ʌ sʌdn̩ ʃarp=20 θ^d əgInst maj wIndow]
[naw It Iz wr̩θ = rimajndiŋ =F0oz əv ju hu h=E6v bIn ʌp hir=20 =E6n tεlIŋ =F0oz əv ju hu h=E6v nat =F0=E6t maj ɔfIs = Iʒ lokejtId ɔn =F0ə fɔrθ flɔr əv maj=20 =E6kədεmIk bIldIŋ]
[sow nakIŋ ɔn maj = partIkjulr̩ ɔfis wIndow Iz now min fit]=20
[It mεʒr̩z mejbi fIfti fit frəm hir tə = =F0ə sajdwɔk bilow]
[It majt bi ʌ=20 sɔŋbr̩d bət aj howp nat]
[aj h=E6v kr̩tInz = =E6t maj wIndow sow aj k=E6nt Im=E6dʒIn a=20 br̩d wʊd mIstejkn̩li kr=E6ʃ Intu =F0ə gl=E6s = bət aj gεs Its pasIbl̩]
[pɔr litl̩=20 gajd prabli nak hImsεlf ənkanʃəs =E6n fɔl = sm=E6k =E6n εnd hIz swit lItl̩ br̩di lajf]=20

Part Two: Transcribe What you Hear

Here=20 is a companion piece to the story above. Transcribe what you hear.=20