Syllabus
1) introduction to phonetics and phonology; some basic terminology (phoneme, allophone, minimal pair, RP); pronunciation model; phonemic chart 2) speech and writing; speech organs; production of speech; IPA; types of transcription 3) English pure vowels (quality and quantity); diphthongs; triphthongs 5) classification of English consonants (manner and place of articulation; voicing; force of articulation) 6) plosives (aspiration; inaudible, nasal and lateral release) 7) fricatives, affricates 8) nasals, laterals, approximants 9) allophonic variation (labialization; nasalisation; pre-fortis shortening; aspiration; clear and dark l; fronted velars; dental alveolars; devoicing) 10) connected speech - assimilation (progressive assimilation of voice; regressive assimilation of place; assibilation) 11) connected speech - linking, elision 12) varieties of English pronunciation (British and American standards)
Annotation
The course aims at introducing some basic concepts of English phonetics and phonology on the segmental level including assimilation, elision and liaison. The main emphasis is put on training the pronunciation of the chosen English sounds and on the development of transcription skills.