Phonetics and phonology I - OIBA2A103A

• Title: Phonetics and phonology I
• Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2018
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 0
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: Mgr. Kristýna Červinková Poesová, Ph.D.

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

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

Course completion requirements

English

80% attendance; transcription test (pass=70%; 2 resits)

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (29.10.2019)

Czech

80% docházka, test z transkripce (70%, 2 opravné pokusy)

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (29.10.2019)

Literature

English

Required 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.

Last update: Červinková Poesová Kristýna, Mgr., Ph.D. (29.10.2019)

Czech

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. (29.10.2019)

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. (29.10.2019)