Phonetics as a Science

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 458.

Outline

1. Definition of the term “phonetics”

2. The historical development of English Phonetics

3. The mechanism of communication act

4. Speech production and organs

5. Branches of phonetics

5.1. Articulatory phonetics

5.1.1. Places of Articulation

5.1.2. Manners of Articulation

5.1.3. The Articulation of Vowel Sounds

5.2. Acoustic phonetics. Sound waves

5.3. Auditory phonetics.

6. Phonology

7. Components of phonetic system

8. The Accent

Literature:

Roach P., English Phonetics and Phonology

p. 1-8

Ladefoged P., Johnson K. A course in phonetics

p. 1-29

Sokolova M.A., English Phonetics. A theoretical course

p. 6-17

Караванова, «Курс теоретической фонетики английского языка»

Seminar 2

Outline

1. Conception of the phoneme

2. Three aspects of the phoneme

3. Relevant and irrelevant features of the phoneme (types of phonological and phonetic mistakes)

4. Main trends in phoneme theory

5. Methods of phonological analysis

6. Transcription

6.1. The basic types of transcription

6.2. The transcription of consonants

6.3. The transcription of vowels

6.4. Consonants and vowels charts

Literature:

Sokolova M.A., English Phonetics. A theoretical course

The Phoneme. – p.39-59

Ladefoged P., Johnson K., A course in phonetics

Phonology and Phonetic transcription – p. 33-48

Roach P., English Phonetics and Phonology

The Phoneme – p. 38-47

Seminar 3