AJ22093 PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES OF AmE           Autumn 2012


This course has been created as part of the  ‘Center for North American Studies’  project. All the
course information and recordings are also available in the Masaryk University Information
System--- Study Materials for this subject. Also on the elf:
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=1110


Sessions: Room G32, 1550-1725,

                   Sep. 27, Oct. 11 and 25, Nov. 8, Nov. 12-16 and Nov. 22.

Facilitator: K. Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz,

             office hours Tue 1600-1700, Wed 1400-1500, Thu 1300-1500.

Compulsory listening:

J.C.Wells – Accents of English in IS Study Materials

Collins and Mees – Practical Phonetics and  Phonology in IS Study

                                                                          Materials, with
tapecscipts

YouTube:  The English Language in 24 Accents

                  21 Accents by Amy Walker

                  English Accents (Standard American, …

                   Redneck American English Accent

                   American Tongues

                  Films presented in italics for each accent

Online sources

-      Speech Accents Archive: www.accent.gmu.browse-language

-      www.americanaccent.com

-      www.pronunciationworkshop.com

-      www.accurateenglish.com

-      www.world-english.org/listen-english-accents.htm

-      www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-accents-and-dialects-in-american-english.htm

-      www.accentinstitute.com

Literature:

-      Phonetics and sociolinguistic terminology

-      Accents of English by J.C.Wells, chapters presented in class

-      The Social Stratification of /r/ in New York City Department Stores by William Labov

-      International English by Trudgill / Hannah, chapters presented in class

-      Accent and dialects for stage and screen by Paul Meier


Requirements:

- Attendance, 3pts a session

- Final test max. 50pts

- Contributions, av. 10pts

                                             Syllabus

Sep. 27

Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources.

Wells’  triangle and Trudgill’s chart.

Sources of recordings and tapescripts.

Creating one’s own accent. Collection of errors. North American project.

Having native speakers of different accents in class. ⃰⃰⃰ ⃰


Oct. 11

Presentations: - ⃰Phonetics terminology from Meier: E. Vahalíková

                        - ⃰Meier’s method and the IDEA site introduced:


T.Kalčíková

                           -⃰Ewa Waniek-Klimczak’s presentation about World

                           Englishes: B. Orlická

                         - ⃰⃰Accents in American Films: L. Doležalová,

                                                                             L. Koudelková

                         - ⃰General American and MidWest: Š. Sitáni


Oct. 25

-   * Canada: P. Erbanová

-      ⃰  R. Klimíčková: Labov’s research

-      ⃰Yiddish: K. Urbančíková

-      ⃰African American Vernacular: P. Slavíčková



Nov. 8

-      A surprise visitor.

-      ⃰Downeast New England and South Boston: J. Gašpar

-      ⃰Southern American and Deep South: M. Burget

-      Caribbean: M. Vokoun, Z. Halgašová


Thursday, Nov. 15, at 17:30 in room G22.

-      ⃰Overseas varieties based on American English:

-      New York: V. Šimunková

-      ⃰‘ascii styling´ J. Herrmann

18:30: MOCK TEST.


Nov. 22

Credit test in theory, accent classification and recognition.

Correct answers, results and assessment sheet found by Dec. 6 in the IS.


Dec. 6: NO CLASS, TUTOR AT CONFERENCE, RESULTS FOUND IN THE INFORMATION SYSTEM AS “ASSESSMENT
SHEET“.


Feb. 7, 2013, 10am: Exam colloquium.





Relevant tapescripts in Collins and Mees, Practical Phonetics and Phonology:

1 – Traditional RP

2 – Modern RP

41 – Cockney (Greater London)

42 – West Country (Bristol)

43 – Midlans (Birmingham)

44 – North (Lancashire)

45 – Geordie (Newcastle)

45 – Scottish (Edinburgh)

47 – Irish Republic (Greater Dublin)

48 – Northern Ireland (Belfast)

49 – South Wales

50 – Scouse (Liverpool)

51 – Southern USA (Texas)

52 – Kentucky

53 – Canadian

54 – Australian

55 – New Zealand

56 – South African

57 – Indian English

58 – Singapore

59 – Caribbean (West Indian)