Basics of Phonetics & English Phonology

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This was a lofty chamber, lined and littered with countless bottles. Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames. There was only one student in the room, who was bending over a distant table absorbed in his work. At the sound of our steps he glanced round and sprang to his feet with a cry of pleasure.

[ðɪs wəz ə ˈlɒfti ˈʧeɪ̯mbə | laɪ̯nd ənd ˈlɪtəd wɪð kaʊ̯ntləs ˈbɒtl̩z ‖ brɔːd ləʊ̯ ˈteɪ̯bl̩z wə skætəd əˈbaʊ̯t | wɪʧ brɪsl̩d wɪð riˈtɔːts ˈtɛstjuːbz ənd lɪtl̩ ˈbʌnsn̩ læmps | wɪð ðɛə̯ bluː flɪkərɪŋ ˈfleɪ̯mz ‖ ðɛə̯ wəz əʊ̯nli wʌn ˈstjuːdn̩t ɪn ðə ˈruːm | hu wəz bɛndɪŋ əʊ̯vər ə dɪstənt ˈteɪ̯bl̩ | əbˈzɔːbd ɪn hɪz ˈwɜːk ‖ ət ðə saʊ̯nd əv aʊ̯ə ˈstɛps | hi ɡlɑːnst ˈraʊ̯nd | ənd spræŋ tə hɪz ˈfiːt wɪð ə kraɪ̯ əv ˈplɛʒə]

[ðɪs wəz ə ˈlɔːfti ˈʧeɪ̯mbɚ | laɪ̯nd ənd ˈlɪtɚd wɪθ kaʊ̯ntləs ˈbɑːtl̩z ‖ brɔːd loʊ̯ ˈteɪ̯bl̩z wɚ skætɚd əˈbaʊ̯t | wɪʧ brɪsl̩d wɪθ riˈtɔːrts ˈtɛstuːbz ənd lɪtl̩ ˈbʌnsn̩ læmps | wɪθ ðɛr bluː flɪkɚɪŋ ˈfleɪ̯mz ‖ ðɛr wəz oʊ̯nli wʌn ˈstuːdn̩t ɪn ðə ˈruːm | hu wəz bɛndɪŋ oʊ̯vɚ ə dɪstənt ˈteɪ̯bl̩ | əbˈzɔːrbd ɪn hɪz ˈwɝːk ‖ ət ðə saʊ̯nd əv aʊ̯ɚ ˈstɛps | hi ɡlænst ˈraʊ̯nd | ənd spræŋ tə hɪz ˈfiːt wɪθ ə kraɪ̯ əv ˈplɛʒɚ]

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