Лекционные занятия. Topic 1: The aim, the tasks of the theoretical course of English phonetics

Topic 1: The aim, the tasks of the theoretical course of English phonetics.

Organs of speech: active organs of speech, passive organs of speech

1. The aim, the tasks of the theoretical course of English phonetics

2. Organs of speech and their part in articulation of English sounds.

3. Active organs of speech, passive organs of speech.

Topic 2: The phoneme. Phonemic functions. Main trends in phoneme theory.

1. The phoneme.Phonemic functions.

2. Transcription.

3. Main trends in phoneme theory.

Topic 3: Methods of phonological analysis

1. The distributional method.

2. The semantic method.

Topic 4. The system of English phonemes: consonants

1. The main criteria of classification.

2. Classification of English consonants (таблица №1).

3. Modifications of Consonants in Connected Speech (elision, assimilation, accommodation).

Topic 5: The system of English phonemes: vowels

1. The main criteria of classification.

2. Classification of English Vowels (таблица№2).

3. Modifications of Vowels in Connected Speech (reduction, assimilation).

Topic 6: Sound alternations. Types of Alternation. Syllabic structure of English words

1. Vowel Alternation. Consonant Alternation.

2. Syllabic structure of English words.

3. Functionsof the syllable.

Topic 7: Accentual structure of English words.

1. The nature of word stress.

2. The degrees of stress in the word.

3. recessive, rhythmical and retentive tendencies of stress placement in languages.

4. The functional aspect of word stress.