AJ22066 PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES, Autumn 2016



Sessions: Room G25, 0730-0900,

                 Thursdays  Sep. 29, Oct. 13 and 27, Nov. 10 and 24, Dec. 8 (with AmE V).


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

                                       office hours Wed 11-12, Thu 2-4.

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’

                  ‘A Tour of the British Isles in Accents’

                  ‘One Woman, 17 British Accents’

                  ‘Educating Rita Full Movie, ReallyJ’,

                  ‘Christopher Cazenove in Three Men and a Little Woman’ (=Lady)

Online sources: Sounds Familiar langlit; Accents Archive browse


Literature:

Phonetic 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

Sep. 29

The secrets of a posh accent:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/video/2014/sep/22/secrets-posh-accent-video-riot-club-vowel
s

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. 13

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

Sum-up recordings: -   A tour of the British Isles in Accents


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8mzWkuOxz8

-       One woman, 17 British accents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk

Cockney, Estuary English and SE England

Recommended by Matěj Otruba:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IJsSsK7doQ&list=PLI2RcSLPnGzsc1FrAv6urHmxH_oiKVePv&index=6

The rhotic SW: Bristol, Hampshire

Welsh

Midlans

Yorkshire

Scouse

Geordie


Oct. 27

Revision with reference to Halloween in the U.K.

EE accents overseas:         - Australia and New Zealand

recommended by Hana Kovačičová: www.radionz.co.nz/collections/kiwi-accent

Flight of the Conchords – Racism

“Brit“ (aka Bret) – The New Zealand
Accent


- South Africa

                                               - India

                                               - Africa

                                               - European second language varieties

Nov. 10

- Scottish

  HW: watch Trainspotting.

-Irish

-Northern Irish

HW: watch In the Name of the Father.

Mock test.


Nov. 24

Revision of Mock Test, additional hints and remarks.

Credit test in theory, accent classification and recognition.



Dec. 8 (Joined by AmE Varieties to meet a visitor)

Debate with a visitor

Revision of Credit Test, assessments.


Exam colloquium: Thursday 26 January, 2017, at 12:30.



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)