Syllabus
1) stress shift; teaching word stress
2) weak and strong forms
3) rhythm
4) introduction to intonation; tone unit and its internal structure
5) basic tones and their meanings
6) accentual function of intonation
7) attitudinal function of intonation
8) grammatical function of intonation - tone unit boundaries
9) grammatical function of intonation - sentence types and their default tones
10) tone and intonation languages; upspeak
Annotation
The aim of the course is to finish the description of the remaining suprasegmental features: sentence stress and weak forms of grammatical words, rhythm and intonation. The new information is consolidated in a series of pronunciation exercises focusing both on production and perception of the studied phenomena as well as transcription of longer text passages.