Syllabus
1) English fricatives and nasals
2) English approximants
3) revision of segments
4) connected speech - assimilation
5) connected speech - elision
6) connected speech - linking
7) syllable structure; phonotactics
8) nature and placement of word stress; vowel reduction
9) stress placement in complex words
10) stress placement in compound words; stress shift
Annotation
The aim of the course is to continue developing pronunciation and transcription skills. From the theoretical point of view the course aims at explaining and clarifying the role of assimilation, elision and liaison which these processes play in connected speech.
The attention is further given to suprasegmental features, particularly word stress and its placement in bisyllabic, polysyllabic and compound words.