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Identify the word from the options provided that contains the exact monophthong sound represented by the underlined letters in the word s<u>er</u>geant.

  1. reservoirCevap
  2. B
    term
  3. C
    serge
  4. D
    pierce

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The word containing the identical monophthong sound as 'sergeant' is 'reservoir'.
In Received Pronunciation, the underlined letters 'er' in 'sergeant' are pronounced as the long open back unrounded monophthong /ɑː/. The word 'reservoir' (/ˈrezəvwɑː/) also ends with this identical pure vowel sound.

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1
Isolate and transcribe the target monophthong sound in the stem word.
The underlined spelling pattern 'er' in 'sergeant' (/ˈsɑːdʒənt/) represents the long open back unrounded monophthong /ɑː/.
English orthography is non-phonetic; 'er' in 'sergeant' is an exceptional spelling rule producing /ɑː/ rather than the typical /ɜː/.
2
Analyze the phonetic realization of the vowel sounds in each option.
'reservoir' = /ˈrezəvwɑː/ (contains /ɑː/), 'term' = /tɜːm/ (contains /ɜː/), 'serge' = /sɜːdʒ/ (contains /ɜː/), 'pierce' = /pɪəs/ (contains /ɪə/).
Matching requires identifying the precise International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) pure vowel symbol for each word in Standard British RP.
3
Select the option that matches the target monophthong /ɑː/.
'reservoir' ends with the exact monophthong /ɑː/.
Both 'sergeant' and 'reservoir' share the pure long vowel sound /ɑː/.

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Phonetic identification of pure monophthong /ɑː/ across irregular orthographic representations
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