AJ52017 Topics in Linguistics: PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY      Autumn 2018



Sessions: Room G22, 0900-1040,

                   Oct. 5 and 19, Nov. 2 and 30 and Dec. 14.


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

                   office hours Tue 1200-1300, Wed 1000-1200, Thu 1630-

                   1730, combined studies Fridays 0800-0845.


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-      Unpublished dissertations at this University: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.

Carreňo-Pořízová,

Sučková, M.

Vojkůvka, M.

Balek, J.



Requirements:

- Contributions, up to 20pts

- Exam minitalk max. 80pts


                                             Syllabus



Oct. 5

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.

Game: Phonetics terminology.


Oct. 19

Applied phonetics in teaching:

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


Nov. 2

Peter Docherty: "The importance of contractions in English L2 oral and

                           aural proficiency"

-      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. 30

Pronunciation varieties of English. Second language varieties.

Sociolinguistic research made using phonetic tools.


Dec. 14

Final presentations and minitalks.


Fri 25th January, 2019, 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)