SYLLABUS Course: Phonetics & Phonology 2 Department of English & American Studies
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WEEK | TOPIC |
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1 |
Revision 1 |
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Revising chapters Strong and weak syllables and Stress in simple words. |
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Complex word stress |
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Stress in complex words. Compound words. Word-class pairs. |
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| 3 | Weak forms 1 |
| The schwa sound. Strong forms & weak forms. Functions words. | |
| 4 | Weak forms 2 |
| Excercises | |
| 5 | Problems in phonemic analysis 1 |
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Neutralisation. Syllabic consonants. Differences between British and American English - PART 1. |
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| 6 | Problems in Phonemic analysis 2 |
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Schwa. Distinctive feature analysis. Differences between British and American English - PART 2. |
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| 7 | MID-SEMESTER TEST (on topics 1- 6) |
| 8 | Aspects of connected speech 1 |
| Rythm (stress-timing) | |
| 9 | Aspects of connected speech 2 |
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Assimilation: Yod Coalescence, Elision & R-linking. |
| 10 | Intonation 1 |
| Form and function of intonation. Complex tones and pitch hight. Some functions of English tones. |
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| 11 | Intonation 2 |
| The tone-unit. The structure of the tone-unit | |
| 12 | Functions of intonation |
| The attitudinal function of intonation. Expressing attitudes. The accentual function of intonation. | |
| 13 | Revision |