Major Accents in the Uk.
3rd year
THEORY OF PHONETICS (Philology Department)
Seminar No 5 (2 hrs)
MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK. GENERAL AMERICAN AS
THE AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION STANDARD
Points for discussion:
Major accents in the UK. 1. RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation: 1) Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. 2) Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English. 2. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English. 3. Estuary English. 4. Chief differences between RP and regional accents of British English.
General American as the American English pronunciation standard 5. Contemporary sociolinguistic situation in the USA. 6. General American phonological and phonetic description/discrimination: 1) Segmental differences: a) systemic, b) structural, c) selectional, d) realizational. 2) Prosodic differences: a) word-stress patterns distribution, b) differences in sentence/utterance-level stress, c) intonation distictions. 3) Voice quality distinctions.
Required literature:
Lecture 2, Seminar 1 1. Паращук В.Ю. Теоретична фонетика англійської мови: Навчальний посібник для студентів факультетів іноземних мов. – Вінниця: НОВА КНИГА, 2005. – pp. 71 – 100. 2. Теоретическая фонетика английского языка: Учеб. Для студ. ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. / М.А. Соколова, К.П. Гинтовт и др. – М.: ВЛАДОС, 1996. – С. 253-275.
Optional literature: 1. Gimson’s Pronunciation of English. – 5th ed. Revised by Alan Cruttenden. -Bristol: J W Arrowsmith Ltd, 1996. – P. 77-87. 2. Laver J. Principles of phonetics. – Cambridge: CUP, 1995. – pp. 55-65. 3. J.K. Chambers. Dialectology. – Cambridge: CUP, 1994. – pp. 5-9, 54-55.
☻ MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK
■ RP/BBC ENGLISH AS THE BRITISH NATIONAL STANDARD OF PRONUNCIATION □ Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. The
THEORY OF PHONETICS (Philology Department)
Seminar No 5 (2 hrs)
MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK. GENERAL AMERICAN AS
THE AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION STANDARD
Points for discussion:
Major accents in the UK. 1. RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation: 1) Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. 2) Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English. 2. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English. 3. Estuary English. 4. Chief differences between RP and regional accents of British English.
General American as the American English pronunciation standard 5. Contemporary sociolinguistic situation in the USA. 6. General American phonological and phonetic description/discrimination: 1) Segmental differences: a) systemic, b) structural, c) selectional, d) realizational. 2) Prosodic differences: a) word-stress patterns distribution, b) differences in sentence/utterance-level stress, c) intonation distictions. 3) Voice quality distinctions.
Required literature:
Lecture 2, Seminar 1 1. Паращук В.Ю. Теоретична фонетика англійської мови: Навчальний посібник для студентів факультетів іноземних мов. – Вінниця: НОВА КНИГА, 2005. – pp. 71 – 100. 2. Теоретическая фонетика английского языка: Учеб. Для студ. ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. / М.А. Соколова, К.П. Гинтовт и др. – М.: ВЛАДОС, 1996. – С. 253-275.
Optional literature: 1. Gimson’s Pronunciation of English. – 5th ed. Revised by Alan Cruttenden. -Bristol: J W Arrowsmith Ltd, 1996. – P. 77-87. 2. Laver J. Principles of phonetics. – Cambridge: CUP, 1995. – pp. 55-65. 3. J.K. Chambers. Dialectology. – Cambridge: CUP, 1994. – pp. 5-9, 54-55.
☻ MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK
■ RP/BBC ENGLISH AS THE BRITISH NATIONAL STANDARD OF PRONUNCIATION □ Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. The