A2BP_FF1B Phonetics and Phonology B

Faculty of Education
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Bc. Mgr. Sonia Homolka (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
The student is expected to have passed the credit test in the autumn semester dealing with issues of general phonetics.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture builds upon what was presented in the autumn semester in the area of general phonetics ,narrowing it down to English.The aim of the lecture is to lay a sufficient theoretical foundation for an insightful,focused practical training in the seminar accompanying it. The student will get an overview of the English phonological system in comparison with Czech, will be acquainted with the structure of the English syllable as well as the basics of suprasegmental phenomena (word stress,sentence stress,aspects of connected speech such as assimilation,elision and linking and intonation) as these apply to English and especially to the problems of teaching English to future Czech teachers of English. Attention will paid to the bulding of proper terminology and assistance in the gradual development of the students' linguistic thinking in the process of grasping the linguistic reality, in this case on the spoken level.
Syllabus
  • The format of the lecture is as follows: one week a contact session, the other week self-study from electronic support in IS.
  • 1.English phonological system - introduction to the history
  • 2.An overview of English consonants
  • 3.An overview of English vowels
  • 4.The stucture of the English syllable
  • 5.Word stress in English-basic rules
  • 6.Aspects of connected speech - linking
  • 7.Aspects of connected speech - rhythm
  • 8.Aspects of connected speech - assimilation
  • 9.Aspects of connected speech - elision
Literature
  • ROACH,P. English Phonetics and Phonology.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2000.ISBN 0-521-78613-4
  • URBANOVA,l.A Handbook of English Phonetics and Phonology.Brno: Masarykova univerzita,Pedagogicka fakulta,1998.ISBN 80-210-1728-7
  • CRUTTENDEN,A.Gimson's Pronunciation of English.Arnold,1994.ISBN 0-340-70021-1
Assessment methods
Requirements: The course finishes with a written examination test containing all aspects of the subject matter covered in an applied form. The passmark is 70 %.
Methods: lectures, class discussions.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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