PRONUNCIATION VARIETIES, Autumn 2011


Sessions: Room G25, 1550-1725,

                   Sep. 19, Oct. 3, 17 and 31, Nov. 14 and 28, Dec. 12.

Facilitator: K. Tomková, 2060@mail.muni.cz,

                   office hours Tue 9-10, Wed 1410-1540, Thu 14-1530.

Compulsory listening:

J.C.Wells – Accents of English

Collins and Mees – Practical Phonetics and  Phonology

                                                                     (tapescripts obtained in
class)

Youtube: - The English Language in 26 Accents

                  21 Accents by Amy Walker

                  Educating Rita Part 1

                  Films presented in italics for each accent

Literature:

Phonetics terminology

Accents of English by J.C.Wells, chapters presented in class

International English by Trudgill and Hannah, chapters presented in class

Requirements:

- Attendance, 3pts a session

- Final test max. 50pts

- Contributions, av. 10pts

                                             Syllabus

Sep. 19

Introduction. Literature. Terminology. Web sources.

Wells’  triangle and Trudgill’s chart.

Sources of recordings and tapescripts.

2 social varieties in Educating Rita.

Anglican vicar stereotype in The Three Men and a Little Lady.

Creating one’s own accent. Collection of errors. North American project.

Having native speakers of different accents in class.

Oct. 3

Presentations: - Phonetics terminology

                         - The sociolinguistics of accents from Wells

                         - RP, R.I.P. by David Abercrombie

                         - Sociophonology by John Honey

                          - Upton’s model of RP by Miroslav Ježek

EE accents in the UK and beyond: AUS, NZ, SA.

Oct. 17

Scottish. HW: watch Trainspotting.

Irish. Northern: In the Name of the Father.

Oct. 31

Introduction to, and delimitation of American Standard and Accents.

Presentation on Labov’s research.

The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Forrest Gump.

Nov. 14

The Caribbean. Papua New Guinea. African and Indian varieties.

International English, second-language varieties.

Nov. 28

Revision; Mock test in theory and accent description and recognition, immediate corrections and
explanations.

Dec. 12

Credit test.