AJ59017 Topics in Linguistics: PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY      Autumn 2012



Sessions: Room G22, 1230-1400,

                   Oct. 12 and 26, Nov. 9 and 22, Dec. 7.

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

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

             Fri 1200, just on combined studies Fridays.

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

                  Educating Rita Part 1


Literature:

-      Gimson’s Pronunciation of English or any other good reference book

-      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, 10pts a session

- Final test max. 50pts

- Contributions, av. 10pts

- Pronunciation assessment max. 10pts










                                             Syllabus



Oct. 12

Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources.

Wells’  triangle and Trudgill’s chart.

Sources of recordings and tapescripts.

Creating one’s own accent. Collection of errors.

Discussing the relevance of different fields of Phonetics and Phonology.

Games: Tongue twisters and phonetics terminology

Homework: send me a 1-2-min recording of your off-hand speech, help shape the course (suggestions).


Oct. 26

Feedback of students’ recordings.

The commonest pronunciation mistakes made by the Czechs: form, chart.

Two students’ papers presented:

-       Articulatory settings Z. Marková

-      Labov´s research E. Cimlerová


Nov. 9

Feedback of recordings.

H. Král: The essentials of corrective phonetics.

P. Bartošová:

Creative ways of teaching good pronunciation to oneself and others.

Discussion: Is teaching pronunciation necessary?

Classification of sounds.

K. Tomková’s research on perceptions and attitudes.


Nov. 23

Feedback of recordings

Míša Polónyiová’s research on emotions in speech

Terminology game

Online speech tutorials

MOCK TEST and its correction.


Dec. 7

CREDIT TEST in theory and practice discussed in classes.

Correct answers, results and assessment sheets found by Dec.16 in the IS.


Fri 18 or 25, 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)