Phonetics and Phonology I - OEB2301003

• Title: Phonetics and Phonology I
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2016 to 2017
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: 0 / 0 (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• 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.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D.
• Class: Předměty v angličtině - bc.

Annotation

English

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.

Last update: POESOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (14.01.2014)

Czech

Cílem kurzu je seznámení se základními pojmy anglické fonetiky a fonologie na segmentální úrovni včetně procesů souvislé řeči (asimilace, elize a vázání). Hlavní důraz je kladen na procvičování výslovnosti vybraných anglických hlásek a na rozvíjení dovednosti fonémické transkripce.

Last update: POESOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (14.01.2014)

Course completion requirements

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

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (08.05.2019)

Literature

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.

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (08.05.2019)

Syllabus

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

 

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (08.05.2019)