Тема: Classification of Consonants

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 470.

Семинарское занятие № 8

Тема: Consonants in Comparison with Vowels

Семинарское занятие № 7

Тема: Phonological Analysis

Семинарское занятие № 6

Discussion Points:

1. What is the difference between the phonological and articulatory descriptions of speech sounds? Speak on the aims of the phonological analysis.

2. Describe the procedure of identifying the phonemes of a language.

3. Speak about the distributional method. Analyze the possible distributions of the sounds. Give the pros and cons of this method.

4. What is the semantic method based on? Describe the procedure of commutation test. Give the pros and cons of this method.

Discussion Points:

1. The articulation basis of the language. The comparison of the two languages from the point of view of their articulation bases.

2. The general classification of speech sounds. Principles of articulation of speech sounds.

3. Speak about different approaches to the classification of English consonants and choose the one that you consider the most adequate.

4. Give the possible solutions to the problem of sonorants.

5. Explain the essence of

a. articulatory differencesbetween V and C

b. acoustic differencesbetween V and C

c. functional differencesbetween V and C.

Discussion Points:

1. What is the classification of English consonants according to the degree of noise?

2. What is the classification of English consonants according to the manner of articulation given by British scholars?

3. What is the classification of English consonants according to the degree of noise?

4. What is the classification of English consonants according to the place of articulation?