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The correct transcription of the word ‘fall’ is

The correct transcription of the word ‘fall’ is Correct Answer /fɔ:l/

The correct answer is /fɔ:l/.

Key Points

  • Let us consider the following points:
    • IPA stands for the International Phonetic Association which was first published in 1888. Its objective is to define sounds of speech that applies to all languages.
    • The transcription shows how the written word pronounced or sounds in written form will.
    • There are two kinds of transcription: first is Allophonic (or narrow) transcription or the sequence of significant functional units and the second is a Phonemic (or broad) transcription.
    • Transcription of the word ‘fall’ is /fɔ:l/, here, it can be seen that ‘a’ in the word ‘fall’ is represented as ‘ɔ:’ because the phonetic symbol ‘ɔ:’ is used whenever there is a sound of ‘aw’. For e.g. walk, saw, door, etc.

Hence, from the above explanation, it can be concluded that the correct transcription of the word ‘fall’ is /fɔ:l/.

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