RJ1082 Russian Phonetics and Phonology 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Anastasija Sokolova, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Anastasija Sokolova, Ph.D.
Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to provide students with theoretical knowledge from the area of Russian phonetics and phonology. Another aim of this course is to acquaint students with the Russian phonological terminology. Students will make transcription of Russian words, special attention will be paid to the Russian accent (stress) and reduction of the ustressed Russian vowels. Students will learn about the specifics of Russian:
  • hard and soft consonants (15 pairs),
  • pronunciation of vowels in stressed and unstressed syllables,
  • Russian unpaired hard consonants [ж], [ш], [ц] and unpaired soft consonants [чʼ], [j], [шʼ:].
    • Learning outcomes
    At the end of this course students will:
  • know the basic terms of phonetics and phonology of the Russian language,
  • know the differences between Russian and Czech pronunciation,
  • use the rules of transcription of Russian words and sentences,
  • distinguish between the terms letter a phoneme.
    • Syllabus
    • 1. Russian alphabet. Orthographical letters, letters that represent vowels and consonants.
    • 2. Development of the Russian alphabet.
    • 3. Transcription and transliteration. Phonetic transcription of the Russian language, its rules.
    • 4. Russian vowels. Classification of Russian vowels. Labialization. Reduction of Russian vowels.
    • 5. Russian consonants. Classification of Russian consonants. Palatalization.
    • 6. Vowel and consonant changes in speech: positional and combinatorial changes.
    Literature
      required literature
    • KONEČNÝ, Jakub. Praktická fonetika ruského jazyka pro budoucí učitele. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, 2015, 169 stran. ISBN 9788072908356. info
      recommended literature
    • KNJAZEV, Sergej Vladimirovič and Jelena Vladimirovna MOISEJEVA. Sovremennyj russkij jazyk : fonetika : učebnoje posobije dlja bakalavriata i magistratury. Moskva: Jurajt, 2016, 329 stran. ISBN 9785991656337. info
    • KASATKIN, Leonid Leonidovič. Sovremennyj russkij jazyk : fonetika. Moskva: Akademia, 2006, 250 s. ISBN 5769524677. info
    Teaching methods
    Seminars, attendance is recorded. Students continuously submit homework.
    Assessment methods
    Written test that is included two parts:
    1. Transcription of Russian words and sentences.
    2. Understanding of terminology.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Follow-Up Courses
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught annually.
    Information on the extent and intensity of the course: v kombinovaném studiu 24 hodin.
    Teacher's information
    Other sources:

    1. Basic Russian Pronunciation: https://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/pronounc.html

    2. Russian Pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zltpo15toe0

    3. Russian vowels and consonants: http://www.philol.msu.ru/~fonetica/index1.htm

    4. Interactive IPA chart: https://linguistics.ucla.edu/people/keating/IPA/inter_chart_2018/IPA_2018.html.

    5. Sokolova, A. (2021): Fonetika a fonologie ruštiny: http://elportal.cz/publikace/fonetika-rustina .

    6. Konečný, J. (2017): Fonetika a fonologie současného ruského jazyka: https://publi.cz/books/463/index.html?secured=false#cover.

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