Phonology of the English language
Exam questions
1. a) Phonetics vs. phonology.
b) Branches of phonetics: articulatory, perceptual and acoustic phonetics.
Hanna Miatluk “A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 1, Borisova, Metlyuk “Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 1, lecture notes.
2. Articulatory principles of classification of English vowels (horizontal and vertical position of the tongue, length, tenseness, the shape of lips).
Borisova, Metlyuk “Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 2, P. Roach “English Phonetics and Phonology” Ch-s 2, 3, lecture notes.
3. Articulatory principles of classification of English consonants (the place and manner of articulation, voicing, the force of articulation).
Borisova, Metlyuk “Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 2, P. Roach “English Phonetics and Phonology” Ch-s 4, 6, 7, lecture notes.
4. Define the phoneme and allophone. What are the functions of the phoneme? Phonologically relevant and irrelevant features of phonemes.
Borisova, Metlyuk “Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 3, P. Roach “English Phonetics and Phonology” Ch. 5, Hanna Miatluk “A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 4, lecture notes.
5. Modifications of phonemes in connected speech: idiolectical, diaphonic and allophonic types. Reduction, assimilation, accommodation, coalescence, elision (examples).
Borisova, Metlyuk “Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 3, P. Roach “English Phonetics and Phonology” Ch. 14, Hanna Miatluk “A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics” Theme 6, lecture notes.
6. The syllable, definition, structure of the syllable (onset, peak, coda), types of syllables (covered, uncovered, open, closed), syllable division, syllabic sonorants, functions of the syllable. Hanna Miatluk “A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 5, P. Roach “English Phonetics and Phonology” Ch-s 8, 9 , lecture notes.
7. Word stress, degrees of word stress. Stress in simple and complex words. P. Roach “English Phonetics and Phonology” Ch-s 10, 11, Hanna Miatluk “A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics” Ch. 6, lecture notes.
8. Intonation (utterance prosody). Components of intonation (utterance stress, rhythm, pitch). Degrees of utterance stress, rhythmic tendencies, types of tones in English. Functions of intonation.
Hanna Miatluk “A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics” Ch-s 7, 8, P. Roach “English Phonetics and Phonology” Ch-s 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.