- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Key to phonemic and other symbols
- •Introductory Corrective Course Academic Thematic Syllabus
- •Notes on english phonetics
- •The organs of speech
- •Articulation Basis of English
- •The English Vowel System
- •The Chart of English Vowel Phonemes
- •English Monophthongs
- •English Diphthongs
- •The English Consonant System
- •Chart of English Consonant Phonemes
- •Vowel Reduction
- •Full and Reduced Forms
- •List of Full and Reduced Forms
- •Assimilation
- •Directions of Assimilation
- •Degrees of Assimilation
- •Types of Partial Assimilation
- •Word Stress
- •Accented types of words
- •English Intonation. Its Components.
- •Communicative Types of Sentences
- •The Segments of Intonation Group
- •Types of Pre-Heads
- •The System of Scales
- •Scales in Detail The Stepping Scale
- •The Sliding Scale
- •The Scandent Scale
- •The Level Scale
- •Terminal Tones
- •The Low Fall
- •The Low Rise
- •The Fall-Rise
- •Sentence Stress
- •Variations in Sentence Stress
- •Logical Stress
- •Some Rules of Syntagmatic Division
- •Complex and Compound Sentences
- •Direct Address
- •Parentheses
- •Author’s Words
- •Graphical rules
- •Vowel № 1/I:/
- •Vowel № 2 //
- •Vowel № 3 /e/
- •Vowel № 4 //
- •Vowel № 5 //
- •Vowel № 6 //
- •Vowel № 7 //
- •Vowel № 8 //
- •Vowel № 9 //
- •Vowel № 10 //
- •Vowel № 11 //
- •Vowel № 12 //
- •Tongue twisters
- •Practical assignments Stress
- •Linking of words in connected speech
- •Assimilation
- •Rhythm and Rhythmic Groups
- •Scales and Terminal Tones
- •Word Phonetic Analysis Model
- •Sentence Phonetic Analysis Model
- •Preparatory Tests Preparatory Test 1
- •Preparatory test 2
- •Preparatory Test 3
- •Preparatory test 4
- •Pedagogical classification of pronunciation errors and problems
- •Phonetic and grammar terms
- •Recommended literature
Word Phonetic Analysis Model
Spell the word.
Define the number of phonemes, constituting the word and give their definition and orthographical representation.
Define the allophones by which the phonemes are realized in the phonetic structure of the word.
Divide the word into syllables. Define their types. Mark the stressed syllable.
Give the accentual pattern of the word and examples of words of the same accentual pattern.
Sentence Phonetic Analysis Model
Define the communicative type of the sentence.
Show the syntagmatic division of the sentence.
Lay all the necessary tonetic stress marks in the intonation groups. Define the communicative centres in the intonation groups according to the meaning and modality expressed in the sentence.
Transcribe the sentence. Define the cases of vowel reduction and assimilation.
Draw the tonogram of the sentence. Define the structure of each intonation group.
Preparatory Tests Preparatory Test 1
Listen to the words and write them down in transcription. Lay stress-tone marks.
Transcribe the following words. Lay stress-tone marks.
tongue larynx
alveolar ridge vocal cords
front vowel hard palate
back uvula
muscular rounded
Lay stress-tone marks, transcribe and give tonograms of the following:
Peter: Hello, Guy. How are you?
Mr. Hunt: I’m fine, thank you.
Peter: Very well, thank you. How are you, Sarah?
Mrs. Hunt: Fine, thank you.
Listen to the conversation, write the utterances down and lay stress-tone marks.
Tim: Last name?
Sheila: Morgan.
Tim: First name?
Sheila: Sheila.
Tim: Address?
Sheila: 34 Rue Temple, Geneva, Switzerland.
Preparatory test 2
Listen to the words and write them down in transcription. Lay stress-tone marks.
Transcribe the following words. Lay stress-tone marks.
phoneme pronounce
speech sound monophthong
articulation diphthong
muscular tension diphthongoid
pronunciation narrow variant
Lay stress-tone marks, transcribe and give tonograms of the following:
Peter: Are you Swiss?
Sheila: No, I’m English.
Peter: Here’s a taxi. Taxi!
Where are Simon and Jane?
Mrs. Hunt: Here they are.
Peter: Good. The Beardsley Hotel, please.
Taxi driver: Yes, Sir.
Listen to the conversation, write the utterances down and lay stress-tone marks.
Tim: Date of birth?
Sheila: The second of May, 1950.
Tim: Place of birth?
Sheila: Exeter, Davon.
Tim: Sex?
Sheila: Female.
Tim: Nationality?
Sheila: British.