AJ22066 PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES, Autum 2013



Sessions: Room G31, 1230-1400,

                 Thursdays  Oct. 3, 17 and 31, Nov. 14 and 28, Dec. 12.

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

             office hours Tue 1000-1200, Wed 1200-1400, Thu 1430-1530.

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, “Christopher Cazenove in Three Men

                                                                       and a Little Woman (=Lady)“

                  Films presented in italics for each accent


Online sources: Sounds Familiar langlit; Accents Archive browse

Literature:

Phonetics and sociolinguistic terminology

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

International English by Trudgill / Hannah, chapters presented in class

Accent and dialects for stage and screen by Paul Meier

Requirements:

- Attendance, 5pts a session

- Final test max. 50pts

- Contributions, up to 20pts

                                             Syllabus

Oct. 3

Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources.

Wells’  triangle and Trudgill’s chart.

Sources of recordings and tapescripts.

2 social varieties in Educating Rita.

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

Creating one’s own accent. Collections of errors.

Having native speakers of different accents in class.


Oct. 17

Phonetic terminology from Meier

The sociolinguistics of accents from Wells

RP, R.I.P. by David Abercrombie and Sociophonology by John Honey

Upton’s model of RP by Miroslav Ježek

Cockney, Estuary English and SE England

The rhotic SW: Bristol, Hampshire

Welsh

Midlans

Yorkshire

Scouse

Geordie


Oct. 31

EE accents overseas:         - ⃰Australia: and New
Zealand

                                      - ⃰South Africa

                                      - ⃰India

                                      - ⃰Africa

                                      - ⃰European second language
varieties

Nov. 14

- ⃰Scottish

HW: watch Trainspotting.

-⃰Irish

-⃰Northern Irish

HW: watch In the Name of the Father.


Nov. 28

Having sister Georgina visiting.

Mock test.


Dec. 12

Credit test in theory, accent classification and recognition.

Correct answers, results and assessment sheets found subsequently in the IS.


Thursday, January 23, 10am, tutor´s office: 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)