AJ52017 Topics in Linguistics: PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY      Autumn 2014



Sessions: Room G21, 0910-1040,

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


Facilitator: K. Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz, office hours Tue 1300-

                    1500, Thu 1300-1500, combined studies Fridays 0800-0900.


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

-      Sociophonology by John Honey

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

-      Accent and dialects for stage and screen by Paul Meier

-      Unpublished dissertations at this University:

Ježek, M.

Headlandová-Kalischová, I.

Tichý, T.

Erbanová, P.


Requirements:

- Attendance, 10pts a session

- Contributions, av. 10pts

- Pronunciation assessment max. 20pts

- Final test max. 20pts



                                             Syllabus



Oct. 3

Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources.

Wells’  triangle and Trudgill’s chart.

Sources of recordings and tapescripts.

Creating one’s own accent. Collections of errors.

Discussing the relevance of different fields of Phonetics and Phonology.

Games: Tongue twisters and phonetics terminology /or:/ A volunteer´s

                                                                                    model
assessment

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


Oct. 17

Feedback of students’ recordings.

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

The main points in Phonetics and Phonology.



Nov. 14

-      Articulatory settings in E and Cz.

-      Personality perception see Tomkova@Accents2012.

-      The search of a model.


Applied phonetics. Ways of improving ESL, EFL: nursery rhymes and songs (rap, hiphop), tongue
twisters, stress patterns by Tibbits. Segmental exercises by Trim in Study materials.


Accent change and reduction: Flege, Mojsin, Vrtalová.


Academic Oracy – speaking English in the most typical academic situations: the Cambridge oral test,
conference or class papers, dissertation defences.


Nov. 28

Social and regional accents of English. Second language varieties.

Paper by Lucie Šabacká.

Recommended by Zuzana Bzonková: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nAnT3PASak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIZ78RwhSPc



Dec. 12

CREDIT TEST in theory and practice discussed in classes.

Correct answers, results and assessment sheets found by Dec.22 in the IS.


Fri 23rd January, 2015, 9am: 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)