AJ22093 PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES OF AmE Fall 2018 This course has been created as part of the ‘Center for North American Studies’ project. Also on the elf: https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=1110 Sessions: Dept. Conference Room Thursdays 1000-1140 Oct. 4 and 18, Nov. 1, 15 and 29, Dec. 13 (joined by EEVar.) Facilitator: Kateřina Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz, office hours Tue 1200-1300, Wed 1000-1200, Thu 1630-1730. 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 - tapescripts YouTube: ‘The English Language in 24 Accents’ and sequel ‘The English Language In 30 Accents (Animated)’ ‘35 Accents in the English Language’ ‘21 Accents by Amy Walker’ ‘English Accents’ (Standard American, … ´Fun Tour of American Accents´ / Amy Walker ´How to Pronounce Can vs. Can´t – American English Accent´ (on Rachel´s English) recommended by Zuzana Alcnauerová: - American raising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3OkXi5osfU - Struggling with str- on X-Factor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a9ZdYY5WEA&feature=youtu.be - American voice coach doing British https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBXUXqf8FXk Pronunciation training videos on uložto recommended by D. Krásná - American accent training, password GA: http://uloz.to/xxytE2pE/american-accent-training-rar - Pronunciation workshop, Paul Gruber, pwGA: http://uloz.to/xA2gZEbB/pronunciation-workshop-rar 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’ and ‘Rules for Ritual Insults’, both by William Labov - ‘International English’ by Trudgill / Hannah, chapters presented in class - ‘Accent and Dialects for Stage and Screen’ by Paul Meier Requirements: - Attendance, 6 pts a session - Final test max. 50pts - Contributions up to 20pts (observations/recordings 1-3pts, papers up to 10pts, presentation +10pts, bringing a guest up to 20pts) Syllabus Oct. 4 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. 18 Phonetic terminology from Meier, sociolinguistics of accents from J.C.Wells. 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 Nov. 1 Revision of General American Canada see Jim Carey doing Canadian stereotypes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ic3xNfEP_o New York watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwC-gJy68gE Scarlett Johansson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdZ50qdbAjw If these knishes could talk Labov’s research see youtube: American English is Changing Fast (with William Labov) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL0--f89Qds African American Vernacular Nov. 15 Yiddish hear monologue http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=new+york+yiddish+accent Jew at a Restorant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V4zYe23QLg Downeast New England and South Boston Southern U.S states and Deep South Caribbean Mock test and its revision Nov. 29 Overseas varieties based on American English: Singapore, the Philippines, Hawaii. CREDIT TEST in theory, accent classification and recognition. Dec. 13 – extracurricular joint class of AmE and EE Varieties. Debate with a surprise guest(s), leftover presentations, joint activities. Revision of credit tests. Jan. 24, 2019, 1100: 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)