PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES OF AMERICAN ENGLISH Fall 2021 American Dialects : Dialect map of American English On-site sessions Fridays 1000, room G22 or G32 Facilitator: Kateřina Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz, 3 components to each class: - theory, - listening, - speaking 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 ‘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 - Dialect Map: American Dialects : Dialect map of American English (robertspage.com) - 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: - Active class participation, 12x3pts=max. 36pts - Final test max. 50pts - Contributions up to 14pts (observations/recordings, presentations bringing a guest) Syllabus W1 – Sep. 24 Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources. Sources of recordings and tapescripts. Creating one’s own accent. Two collections of errors. Revision: History of English and its spread, geography of the AmE area. Segmental differences between GB and GenAm. An accent and cultural riddle. W2 – Oct. 1 1005 P. Čanecký – the historical path of American English 1025 Intro of the animated dialect map of AmE from businessinsider.com 1035 Dialect map from rebertspage.com 1040 Trudgill’s diagram. 1055 USA-5 revised on the Sociopath sketch. 1115 Vanesa and Linda’s research on “-een‘ endings“. 1130 Suprasegmental differences between GB and GenAm. HW: Rachel’s English can x can’t W3 – Oct. 8 Rev. of pre-fortis shortening (Rachel’s English – can vs. can’t) – mention of Jenkin’s LFC. Hana Vrtalová’s project. Columbus Day discussion and activities. W4 – Oct. 15 Follow-up on the Sociopath – An Interview with an Applicant. British vs. American English – JC Wells – exercise. New York watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwC-gJy68gE Scarlett Johansson [ˈbʌʔəŋ] 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 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 W5 – Oct. 22 Canada see Jim Carey doing Canadian stereotypes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ic3xNfEP_o Mid-West revisited. The West Coast. W6 – Oct. 29 Southern U.S states and Deep South. AAVE. W7 – Nov. 5 Recommended by Silvie Š.: Trevor Noah, AAVE African American Vernacular English (AAVE) - YouTube; https://oraal.uoregon.edu/facts An exercise on U.S. Presidents’s speech The Caribbean (West Indies): Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados, the Leewards, Bahamas. W8 – Nov. 12 Overseas varieties based on American English: (Singapore,) the Philippines, Hawaii. NO CLASS ON NOV. 19 = READING WEEK W9 – Nov. 26 Second-language varieties based on AmE. W10 – Dec. 3 Revision activities, presentations, guests. W11 – Dec. 10 MOCK TEST in theory, accent classification and recognition. W12 – Dec. 17 Feedback of MOCK TEST. CREDIT TEST. Results available by Dec. 24. Relevant tapescripts in Collins and Mees, Practical Phonetics and Phonology: 40 – General American 51 – Southern USA (Texas) 52 – Kentucky 53 – Canadian 58 – Singapore 59 – Caribbean (West Indian)