Вопросы к экзамену прак. фонетика 2 курс
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Practical Phonetics
Examination Questions
1.The English sound system. Principles of classification of vowels.
2.The English sound system. Principles of classification of consonants.
3.The major phonetic phenomena and processes.
4.Intonation and its functions.
5.The pitch. The tune.
6.Static tones and kinetic tones. Their functions.
7.The structure and functions of utterance stress. Peculiarities of English utterance stress.
8.The rising and falling nuclear tones in English.
9.The falling-rising tones. The rising-falling tones.
10.The principles of classification of head types.
11.The High Level head. The Gradually Descending Stepping head. The Broken head.
12.The Ascending Stepping head. The Low Level head.
13.The Sliding head. The Scandent head.
14.Classification of basic intonation patterns.
15.The principles of dividing utterances into intonation groups.
16.The notion of a supraphrasal unity, its prosodic features.
17.The system and sphere of usage of emphatic static and kinetic tones.
18.Irregular Preheads. Stress reduction. Nuclear tone-shift.
19.The expressive potential of compound tunes.
20.Prosodic peculiarities of formal and informal speech.