AJ22093 PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES OF AmE Autumn 2013 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 G31, 1230-1405, Sep. 26, Oct. 10 and 24, Nov. 7 and 21, Dec. 5. 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 F - in IS Study Materials Collins and Mees – Practical Phonetics and Phonology Ga - in IS Study Materials, with Gb - tapecscipts YouTube: The English Language in 24 Accents 21 Accents by Amy Walker English Accents (Standard American, … Redneck American English Accent American Tongues 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 Recommended by Hana V.: - www.aschmann.net/AmEng - www.ling.upenn.edu - Lisa Mojsin´s accent reduction channel on youtube - www.englishcentral.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, 5pts a session - Final test max. 50pts - Contributions up to 20pts Syllabus Sep. 26 Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources. Wells’ triangle and Trudgill’s chart. Sources of recordings and tapescripts. Creating one’s own accent. Two collections of errors. North American project. Having native speakers of different accents in class. ⃰⃰⃰ ⃰ Oct. 10 Phonetics terminology from Meier H. Vrtalová´s project and resources Meier’s method and the IDEA site introduced Ewa Waniek-Klimczak’s presentation about World Englishes Accents in American Films General American and MidWest Oct. 24 Hana V ctd. Revision of General American Canada New York J. Foustka Labov’s research African American Vernacular R. Ibrahim Nov. 7 Yiddish Z. Kanioková Downeast New England and South Boston Southern American and Deep South Caribbean Nov. 21 Overseas varieties based on American English: Singapore, the Philippines, Hawaii. MOCK TEST. Dec. 5 Credit test in theory, accent classification and recognition. Correct answers, results and assessment sheet found by Dec. 12 in the IS. Jan. 23, 2014, 1230: Exam colloquium. Relevant tapescripts in Collins and Mees, Practical Phonetics and Phonology: 1 – Traditional RP 2 – Modern RP 40 – General American 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)