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«Бийский педагогический государственный университет имени В.М. Шукшина»

О.В. Попова

Теоретическая фонетика английского языка

Текст лекций

для студентов 3-го курса

факультета иностранных языков

Бийск БПГУ им. В.М. Шукшина 2006

ББК 81.2 (Англ.)

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Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета Бийского педагогического государственного университета им. В.М. Шукшина

Рецензенты:

кандидат педагогических наук, доцент БПГУО.М. Липустина

(г. Бийск);

кандидат филологических наук, доцент БПГУ Н.Г. Виноградова

(г. Бийск);

кандидат филологических наук, доцент АлтГТУ Н.Г. Глотова

(г. Бийск)

П 57 Попова, О. В.

Теоретическая фонетика английского языка: Тексты лекций для студентов 3-го курса факультета иностранных языков / О.В. Попова; Бийский пед. гос. ун-т им. В. М. Шукшина. - Бийск: БПГУ им. В. М. Шукшина, 2006. - 39 с. - 70 экз.

Издание включает в себя лекционный материал по курсу теоретической фонетики английского языка, темы семинарских занятий, теоретические вопросы и практические задания по темам курса для работы на очном и заочном отделениях факультета иностранных языков.

Курс лекций предназначен для студентов 3-го курса факультета иностранных языков.

 БПГУ им. В.М. Шукшина, 2006.

 Попова О.В., 2006.

Contents

Preface.................................................................................................4

Literature……………………………………………………………5

Lecture 1. Phonetics as a science……………………………………7

Lecture 2. Phonostylistics……………………………………............9

Lecture 3. Phoneme…………………………………………………11

Lecture 4. The system of English phonemes. Сonsonants………….17

Lecture 5. The system of English phonemes. Vowels…………..…19

Lecture 6. Syllable formation. Types of transcription………………23

Lecture 7. Word stress………………………………………………25

Lecture 8. Intonation…………………………………………….......28

Lecture 9. Territorial varieties of English pronunciation……………31

Seminars.............................................................................................33

Model Test Work………………………………………………..….35

Examination questions………………………………………..........36

Glossary…………………………………………………………......38

Preface

At the faculties of foreign languages in this country two courses of phonetics are introduced:

Practical or normative phonetics that studies the substance, the material form of phonetic phenomena in relation to meaning.

Theoretical phonetics which is mainly concerned with the functioning of phonetic units in the language, it considers the role of phonetic means in the act of communication.

I hope you have sufficient knowledge of the practical course of English phonetics which will serve as the basis for this course.

The theoretical course of phonetics contains the following basic problems: phonetics as a science, functional-stylistic aspect of pronunciation, phonology, segmental phonemes, suprasegmental phonemes, the problem of territorial varieties of pronunciation. The basic tasks of the course are: 1) to give the systematic classification of the functional phonetic units; 2) to explain the usage of these units in the process of people’s communication; 3) to give the scientific grounds of the phonetic units and the processes in the studied language; 4) to provide the students with the knowledge of the variants of the English language.

The aim of this book is to let the students learn the peculiarities of the phonetic system which can help them use the linguistic knowledge while teaching the foreign language. According to this purpose the book contains the following parts: literature, lectures (1 – 9), seminars, examination questions, and glossary.

In “Literature” you can find the list of basic and additional literature the students will need while learning the course of theoretical phonetics.

“Lectures” (1-9) contain the information about the norms of the studied language, its sound system, accentual structure, intonation.

As the course “Theoretical phonetics of the English language” is closely connected with practical skills, the mastering of this course presupposes the seminars which provide the interconnection of the teacher and the students (see “Seminars”).

“Glossary” lets the students master the terminology.

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