PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES, Autumn 2010


Oct. 5                  Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources.

Wells’  triangle and Trudgill’s chart.

Sources of recordings.

2 social varieties in Educating Rita.

Anglican vicar stereotype in The Three Men and a Little Lady.

HW: RP and other models. Accents in the teachings of

the Prague school.


Oct. 12                The sociolinguistics of accents. RP. Talking Proper.


Oct. 19                EE accents in the UK.


Oct. 26                EE accents outside the UK: AUS, NZ, SA.


Nov. 2                 Scottish. HW: watch Trainspotting.

                            Irish. Northern: In the Name of the Father.


Nov.  9                Introduction to, and delimitation of American Standard

                           and Accents.


Nov. 16               READING WEEK. HW self study: American Accents,

                           watch The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Forrest Gump.


Nov. 23               AmE varieties: standard and the North; Canada


Nov. 30               The Caribbean. Papua New Guinea.

                            African and Indian varieties.

International English, second-language varieties.


Dec. 7                 Revision; Mock test in accent recognition.


Dec. 14               Credit test.


Assessment: Attendance 3 pts a session; Presentation up to 10pts;

                        Final Test max. 50pts.