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.docTheoretical phonetics
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Phoneme and its Allophones. Their kinds and types. The interrelations between them.
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The Establishing the Phonemic system of a Language.
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Phonological problems of the Accented Vowel Structure.
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Phonological Problems of English Consonantism.
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Phonological Problems of the Unaccented Vowel Structure.
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Division of Speech Flow into separate linguistic units as the first step of phonological analysis.
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Phonemic Status of Triphthongs.
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Phonemic Status of Diphthongs.
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System of Phonemes. Phonological oppositions.
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Phonemic functions.
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Articulatory Classification of English Vowel Phonemes.
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The Main Acoustic Characteristics of Speech Sounds. The acoustic classification of English sounds.
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Phonemic reality, its independence from the morpheme.
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Intonation, its Functions. Intonation Components.
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The Speech Producing Mechanism.
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Articulatory Classification of English Consonants.
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The main acoustic and Articulatory methods of investigation of English Sounds.
Answer the questions using the vocabulary from the text:
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How does the author describe the courtyard of the seminary? What impression does it produce?
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What words does the author use to describe Arthur’s appearance?
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What do you know about Arthur’s family? Did he like it?
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What words does the author use to describe Gemma’s appearance?
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Why did Montanelli have to go to Rome?
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Why didn’t Arthur like Bolla?
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What have you learned about Montanelli?
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What can you say about the relations between Arthur and Montanelli?
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Speak about Arthur and Montanelli’s travel about Switzerland (Arthur’s impressions of Geneva, the lake, the Arve, the Alps)
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What did Arthur and Gemma think about the lecture? What did they think could save Italy? Were their points of view different?
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What do you know about Father Cardy? Why and under what circumstances did Arthur tell him about the Young Italy?
To be continued …
Questions for the Exam. Grammar.
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Mood: the indicative mood, the imperative mood; the oblique moods (the difference between synthetical and analytical moods)
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Subjunctive I and subjunctive II.
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The tenses of the oblique moods
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The use of the oblique moods in complex sentences.
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Different types of conditionals (use also pp. 220-225)
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Suppositional mood. Analytical moods and modal phrases.
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Conditional mood. The difference between subjunctive II and conditional mood.
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The use of the subjunctive II in the object clause, adverbial clause of comparison. Set expressions with the modal verbs
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Free and obligatory use of the Oblique Moods
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The use of the suppositional mood in complex sentences.
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The use of the oblique moods in simple sentences.
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Modal verbs (general characteristics).
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The modal verb can
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The modal verb may
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The modal verb must