ENGLISH LINGUISTICS COURSE

PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

Instructor: Elena Buja
Duration: 14 weeks
Contact ours: lectures: 14 (2 hours each), seminars: 7 (2 hours each)
In!e"en!ent stu!# ours: $% &'( ours )cre!it*
Nu+,er o- cre!its: $
Gra!in. "olic#: the final mark is made up of the following:
-homework (2) 20%
-seminar actiit! 10%
-midterm (will include "#$ transcriptions, sound definitions, multiple choice and essa!
%uestions): 20%
-end-of-term e&am: '0%
Course !escri"tion
(he course in )nglish phonetics and phonolog! is introductor!* (he course e&plains the articulator!
s!stem for language that leads to the production of owel and consonant sounds in the ma+or dialects in
the sound s!stem of )nglish* ,entral issues are:
1* ,ommunication -! means of language. introduction to phonetics and phonolog!. phonemes,
allophones, minimal pairs
2* (he se.+ental "one+es* #rinciples of classif!ing sounds
/* (he )nglish owels: front0central0-ack owels
4* (he )nglish diphthongs and triphthongs
'* (he consonant phonemes: plosies0fricaties0affricates0nasals0laterals0semiowels
1* 2ounds in connected speech: +uncture0assimilation0elision
7* (he s!lla-le: structure of the )nglish s!lla-le
3* (he su"rase.+ental "one+es: stress0rh!thm0intonation
4* (he pronunciation of )nglish in the 52$, ,anada, $ustralia and 6ew 7ealand
Course o,jecti/es
$t the end of the course the students will -e a-le to:
- "dentif! and produce a -road range of the phonetic sounds o-sera-le in the world8s )nglishes*
- (ranscri-e sample data using the "nternational #honetic $lpha-et*
- 9emonstrate a -asic knowledge of the articulator! s!stem and its operation during the production of
arious speech sounds*
- 9emonstrate a familiarit! with the technical descriptions of speech sounds*
- 2tart to identif! arious processes that affect sounds in connected speech*
- #lace word-stress appropriatel! -oth in indiidual words and in words placed in conte&t*
- 5se intonation correctl!, according to the purpose of communication*
- "dentif! the characteristics of each ariet! of )nglish*
RE0ERENCES:
1* ,hitoran, 9: 1472, English Phonetics and Phonology, )d* 9idactica si pedagogica, :ucuresti
2* ;<,onnor, =*9: 1441, Phonetics, #enguin :ooks
/* #eculea, #: 1442, An Elementary Course in English, 5ni* >(ransilania< :raso
4 #arlog, ?*: 1447, English Phonetics and Phonology, )d* $@@, :ucuresti
5 Aoach, #*: 1441, Phonetics, ,am-ridge
6 :u+a, )* : 200/, An Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology, Aeprografia 5ni*
Transilvania, Brasov
7 @adefoged, #* (2001) A Course in Phonetics 'th )d*, ?einle B ?einle*
8 "aroici, )* (1444) Engleza Americana* )ditura (eora
Coecses, 7* (2000) American English! An Introduction! ;ntario: :road Diew #ress
"# Eells, =*,* (1432) Accents o$ English, ols " F """, ,am-ridge 5niersit! #ress
)&cept for the last one, all these -ooks are aaila-le in the 5niersit! @i-rar! located in the >$ula
5niersitatii (ransilania<* Geel free to read an! other -ooks on phonetics and phonolog! !ou ma! find
elsewhere (li-raries B internet)*
Re1uire+ents:
1* @ectures ma! -e skipped (it would -e adisa-le not to skip them entirel!), -ut seminars are a
+ust, as phonetics is the most practical aspect of linguistics* "f !ou happen to skip a lecture,
!ou hae, neertheless, the o-ligation to read what has -een taught* ;therwise, !our presence at
the seminar will -e useless*
2* Ehen !ou are asked to do some homework, !ou hae to hand it in on a commonl! agreed upon
date, 6;( @$()AH Geed-ack on !our work will -e proided in the ne&t seminar*
/* #lease refrain from using ,?)E"6I I5J during m! classes: !ou can<t practice proper
speech while chewing gum*
4* Kou will -e asked to print0multipl! a set of e&ercises that will -e sent to !ou -! e-mail and that
we need in class during the seminars* #lease make sure that !ou hae !our own cop! with !ou
each seminar*
'* Kou should reiew course materials throughout the semester rather than seeral da!s -efore an
e&am*
1* Kou will need to spend a significant amount of time practicing the sounds indiiduall! at home,
using some of the internet resources gien -elow:
(he 2ounds of 2peech
-! Jorris ?alle (J"()* "dentif!ing sounds, speaking, words in memor!*
#laces of $rticulation
)&plains all the ma+or places of articulation for consonants*
2!m-ols for $merican )nglish Dowel 2ounds
Iien in "#$, 2un, "#$-$2,"", As!nth, and 2$J#$ formats
2tud!ing #honetics on the 6et
#hones and phonemes of )nglish: includes e&amples of $merican and :ritish owels and consonants*
6eed help with phoentic transcriptionL (his site has a hand! phonetic transcri-er* $lso includes speech
waeform anal!sis, te&t-to-speech (((2) s!nthesiMer*
,enter for 2poken @anguage 5nderstanding (5 of ;regon)
"nfo and links a-out speech and language technologies*
2ine Eae Aeplication
$ reall! cool demo on speech perception, -rought to !ou -! the ?askins @a-oratories*
Ieorgetown: #honetics and #honolog! Aesources
Ieorgetown 5niersit!8s list of phonetics and phonolog! links, some of which also appear here*
2peech on the Ee-
@inks to helpful links relating to speech and phonetics*
$ ,ourse in #honetics: Dowels and ,onsonants
Ee- supplement to @adefoged8s A Course in Phonetics, 4th ed*
;nline #honetics ,ourse
from 5niersit! of @ausanne in 2witMerland, translated from Grench
Ehat is N(he 2cience and (echnolog! of 2peech and ?earingNL
9escri-es the relationship -etween @inguistics, #honetics, $udiolog! and 2peech (herap!*
$natom! of the Docal (ract
2hows !ou the anatom! of the ocal tract*
2peech "nternet 9ictionar!
(he aim of 2"9 is to proide concise definitions of technical terms used in phonetics, phonolog!,
speech and hearing science and allied disciplines* 9escription from the site*
http:00alt-usage-english*org0audioOarchie*shtmlP,omma
Aecordings of different dialects of )nglish
http:00facult!*washington*edu0dillon0#honAesources0owels*html
$ comparison of $merican )nglish and :ritish )nglish owels (sound files and owel %uadrilateral
diagrams)
http:00www*langsci*ucl*ac*uk0ipa0ipachart*html (he "#$ chart
http:00www*langsci*ucl*ac*uk0ipa0ipaOredirects*php
"#$ chart Q transcriptions of words and short te&ts
http:00linguistlist*org0issues011011-1312*htmlP1
@inks to interesting phonetics we-sites
http:00linguistlist*org0issues011011-1314*htmlP1
F list of more phonetics sites
http:00facult!*washington*edu0dillon0#honAesources0
Aesources for stud!ing spoken )nglish
http:00accent*gmu*edu0
(he 2peech accent archie
http:00www*-lackwellpu-lishing*com0matthews0ear*html
- :asilar Jem-rane oscillations at different sound fre%uencies
" do hope that all this has not scared !ou off R !et*
:est of luck in !our academic work and R happ! clicking on the links a-oeH