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&les 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