WS 2020 2021 VL Eng Phon Syllabus PDF

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Vorlesung English Phonetics Jonathan Watkins [email protected] Outcomes In this course you will get a theoretical overview of the phonetics and phonology of English in comparison to German. The practical application of this overview will come in the accompanying tutorials. We will compare Standard American English and Standard British English to Standard German (High German). We will discuss segmental differences (at the individual sound level) and suprasegmental differences (at the connected speech level). By the end of the course, you will be able to describe these differences using linguistic terminology and you will be able to recognize and transcribe English sounds using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Moodle All relevant handouts, worksheets and notes will be available to download on Moodle. Before each lecture, check to see if there are any handouts that you will need to bring to class, these may also include in-class exercises. NOTE: full lecture slides will not be available. You are expected to attend each lecture, take notes, and read the appropriate book chapters. You are also encouraged to access the webpages linked in Moodle. Course Book (available on campus at Bock & Seip and Amazon) • Eckert, H. & Barry, W. (2005). The Phonetics and Phonology of English Pronunciation. Other useful books: • Ladefoged, P. (1993). A Course in Phonetics. Harcourt Brace. (available at the SULB and other libraries) • Giegerich, H. (1992). English Phonology. CUP. (available at the SULB and other libraries) Exam There will be a graded final exam (date TBA). Registration will be done internally via MS Teams. I will inform you about when this registration starts. You may change your decision up until the January 15th 11:55pm. If you are not registered for the exam, there will be no exam copy for you. Syllabus NOTE: You should do the reading, there is a lot, but read “smart”, that is, if you already understand some concepts very well, skip that section. Tentative Class Schedule (i.e. subject to change)

Week 1 General Introduction to Course (read pp. 1-8) Week 2 Factors in Learning a Foreign Accent (reading: Piske et al. (2001) available on Moodle) Week 3 Orthography and Phonology (read pp. 9-35 and pp. 253-254) Week 4 Consonants: German and English Old Sounds (read pp. 10-18, 36-68, 236-238) Week 5 Consonants: New Sounds (read pp. 69-104) Week 6 More on Consonants Week 7 Vowels (read pp. 106-175) Week 8 More on Vowels (read pp. 25-29, 106-175, 213-222) Week 9 Linking in Connected Speech (read pp. 177-187) Week 10 Assimilation and Elision (read pp. 223-227 and handout on Moodle) Winter Break: time stops (see Moodle for BBC Podcasts on English Phonetics) Week 11 Stress (read pp. 188-222) Week 12 Review Week 13 FINAL EXAM...