1st   YEAR PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY,


                                            Spring 2010


Teachers

Lectures in practical English Phonetics and Pronunciation given by Kateřina Tomková of the Dept. of
English and American studies, who you can contact at tomkat@phil.muni.cz.

Office hours: Tuesdays 3-4 and 6-7pm, Wednesdays 3-4pm and Thursdays 4-5

Office: Gorkého 7, 3rd floor, west wing


Lectures in Phonology given by Robert Hanč of the Dept. of English and American studies, who you
can contact at 53099@mail.muni.cz.

Office hours: by appointment

Office: Gorkého 7, 3rd floor


Assessment

Your final mark in Phonetics and Phonology depends on the result in your final test (60%) on May 26
and subsequent pronunciation interview (40%). Students are recommended to talk to K.Tomková and
have their pronunciation assessed now while there is still time to eliminate incorrect speaking
habits.


May 26 – EXAM TEST

The week of June 7 – interviews with K. Tomková

June 14 – EXAM TEST, 2nd regular date and resit + interviews later that week

June 23 – EXAM TEST resits + interviews the following week

September 6 – EXAM TEST resits + interviews later that week


Sources

-         Regular attendance at lectures (Mondays 11:40-13:15, room D22)

-         Professor Krčmová’s Obecná fonetika a fonologie in the IS (student-stud.materiály-kód
předmětu)

-         Gimson’s Pronunciation of English, first 7 chapters; bookshop/SAC/IS

-         Rudiments of Linguistics, chapter on Phonetics by Ludmila Urbanová

-         A practical course in English pronunciation, xeroxed copy and tape (SAC)

Syllabus


Date

Lecturer and session

Topics to be covered

Reading assignment

Feb 22

TomKat 1

Introduction; Suprasegmental features; Common mistakes.

Accent: English


March 1

Hanč 1

Linguistics; Major divisions within the field of linguistics; Phonetics and phonology; Braches of
phonetics; Types of phonology; Speech organs and the production of sounds; Basic terminology


March 8

TomKat 2

Introducing the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Accent: American


March 15

Hanč 2

Segmental Phonology I: Speech sounds (segments); Phonemic principle; Feature theory


March 22

TomKat 3

Classification of sounds in relation to commonest mistakes made by Czechs; Transcription practice.

Accent: Scottish

Gimson I1-4

March 29

Hanč 3

Segmental Phonology II


April 5

Easter Monday



April 12

TomKat 4

Stress, rhythm and intonation; Transcription practice.

Accent: Irish.

Gimson I5-6

April 19

Hanč 4

Suprasegmentals I: organization of segments into larger units; metrical and prosodic structure of
such units


April 26

TomKat 5

Accents; Final transcription practice.

Accent: E

Gimson II7

May 3

Hanč 5

Suprasegmentals II


May 10

TomKat 6

Conclusions. Mock test.

Accent: Am


May 17

Hanč 6

Revision