Phonetics and phonology I - OEBAA1721Z

• Title: Phonetics and Phonology I
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, MC [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D.
• Class: Předměty v angličtině - bc.

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (25.09.2020)

The course aims at introducing some basic concepts of English phonetics and phonology on the segmental level including the changes individual sounds undergo in connected speech (assimilation, elision and liaison). The main emphasis is put on training the pronunciation of selected English sounds and on the development of transcription skills.

Descriptors

Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (05.10.2020)

Due to the virus-related measures, our lectures and seminars will take place online until further notice as follows: there will be regular online sessions via ZOOM and all homework and study materials will be assigned and submitted via Moodle course on a regular basis.

go to: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=3011

Literature

English

Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (25.09.2020)

Obligatory literature:

ROACH, P. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
VOLÍN, J. IPA - Based Transcription for Czech Students of English. Praha: Karolinum, 2002.

Recommended literature:

CRUTTENDEN, A. Gimson´s Pronunciation of English. London: Edward Arnold, 2001.
WELLS, J. C. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2008.
O´CONNOR, J. D. Better English Pronunciation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Czech

Last update: Kateřina Esserová, DiS. (24.09.2019)

Povinná literatura:

ROACH, P. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
VOLÍN, J. IPA - Based Transcription for Czech Students of English. Praha: Karolinum, 2002.

Doporučená literatura:

CRUTTENDEN, A. Gimson´s Pronunciation of English. London: Edward Arnold, 2001.
WELLS, J. C. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2008.
O´CONNOR, J. D. Better English Pronunciation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Syllabus

Last update: Kateřina Esserová, DiS. (24.09.2019)

Topics:

English phonetics and phonology, subdivision and some basic terminology (phoneme, allophone, sound, minimal pair, accent x dialect; GB, ELF, IPA)

Relationship between speech and writing; classification of speech organs; phonation

English vocalic system - vowel quality

English vocalic system - vowel quantity; diphthongs and triphthongs

General classification of English consonants

English plosives (aspiration, stop releases)

English fricatives and affricates

English nasals

English approximants

Allophonic variation

Connected speech - assimilation

Connected speech - linking and elision

 

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D. (25.09.2020)

80% attendance, written transcription test (70%), reading aloud