AJ52017 Topics in Linguistics: PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY      Autumn 2016



Sessions: Room G02, 1410-1540,

                   Oct. 7 and 21, Nov. 4, Dec. 2 and 16.


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

                   office hours Wed 1100-1200, Thu 1400-1600,

                   combined studies Fridays 1200-1400.


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-      Unpublished dissertations at this University: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.



Requirements:

- Attendance, 5pts a session, max. 25

- Contributions, max. 10pts

- Pronunciation assessment max. 40pts

- Final minitalk max. 25pts



                                             Syllabus



Oct. 7

Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources.

Standards, models x accents, 2nd language varieties.

Sources of recordings and tapescripts.

Creating one’s own accent. Collections of errors.

Synthesis of skills.

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

                                                                                    model
assessment



Oct. 21

Applied phonetics in teaching:

The commonest pronunciation mistakes made by the Czechs:


form, chart.

Pronunciation interviews.



Nov. 4

Pronunciation interviews continued.


-      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.


Dec. 2

Pronunciation varieties of English. Second language varieties.

Sociolinguistic research made using phonetic tools.





Dec. 16

Final presentations and minitalks. Assessments.


Fri 27th January, 2017, 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)