Тема: Methods of Investigating the Sound Matter of the Language

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 722.

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Тема: The phonetic System of a Language

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Тема: Phonetics as a Branch of Science

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Discussion Points:

1. Define the subject of phonetics. Speak about the role of phonetics in the study of language.

2. Describe the process of oral speech production. What stages does it consist of?

3. Characterize speech organs in accordance with their linguistic function.

4. Speak about the branches of phonetics as a science and a university course. What methods are used in them?

5. Give the definition of phonology. What is the main linguistic function of any phonetic unit?

6. Speak on the social and educational value of phonetics.

7. Characterize the relation of phonetics to other areas of science.

Discussion Points:

1. What is phonology? What is its sphere of investigation?

2. What approaches to phonology do western linguists single out nowadays?

3. What are the two major components in phonetics? Speak on them.

4. What types of segmental phonetics are distinguished in the English language?

5. The levels of a language.

6. Aspects of speech sounds.

7. The articulatory aspect.

8. The acoustic aspect.

9. The auditory aspect.

10. The linguistic aspect.

Discussion Points:

1. Laboratory Techniques for Investigating Speech Articulation.

2. Acoustic Phonetics.

3. Instrumental Techniques for Linguistic Phonetic Fieldwork.

4. Experimental Design and Statistics in Speech Science.