厦门大学杨信章教授的《新编语言学》里第二章的课后习题：DoyouthinkspellingisthesameaspronunciationinEnglish?Ifnot,givethreeexamplesandthenmakeacomment.Here'smyanswer:Inmyopinion,spellingisnotthesame

　　厦门大学杨信章教授的《新编语言学》里第二章的课后习题：

　　DoyouthinkspellingisthesameaspronunciationinEnglish?Ifnot,givethreeexamplesandthenmakeacomment.

　　Here'smyanswer:

　　Inmyopinion,spellingisnotthesameaspronunciationinEnglish.AlthoughinmostEnglishwords,orthographyisalwayscorrespondenttophonology,wecanstillfindsomeexceptions.Examples:Czech,cello,Cafe,chalet,debut,etc.WecanfoundthattheEnglishwordswhichspellingisnotcorrespondenttoitspronounciationaremostlyloanwords.Somehistoryevents,likeRomanConquestandNormanConquestmaycontributetothat.NormanshadbroughtaboutmanychangestoEnglishwordsandhadagreatimpacttoit.

　　Insomewords,acertainletterarenotarticulate,forinstance,inthesewords:debt,comb,viscount,island,hour,indict,thereallexistsomeletterswithoutarticulation.

　　Andsomecompositioninletteringalsohavedifferentarticulations,suchasough.Forexample,inthissentence:Thoughtheroughcoughandhiccoughploughmethrough,Ioughttocrossthelought.Thecompositionlettersoughhavetotallyeightdifferentpronounciations.