ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
- Phonetics and phonology. Relationships with other disciplines.
- The anatomy and physiology of speech production. Articulatory phonetics.
- The acoustics of speech.
- Hearing and speech perception.
- The phonetic description and classification of speech sounds.
- The phonological organization of speech: phonemes, allophones and distinctive features. Phonetic and phonemic transcription.
- The phonological systems of English and Bulgarian: vowels and consonants.
- The generative approach to phonology.
10. Distinctive feature analysis of the English phonological system. Rules and ordering.
11. The syllable as a phonetic and phonological unit. Phonotactics.
12. Phonology of the word. Lexical stress: nature, degrees, rules.
13. The phonetics and phonology of English connected speech.
14. The prosody of connected speech. The rhythmic organization of English.
15. English intonation: forms and functions. Discourse intonation.
16. Accents of English: RP, GA, SSE, other standard varieties.
17. Recent trends in phonetic and phonological theory. Autosegmental and Metrical Phonology. Experimental phonology.
18. Teaching and learning English pronunciation.
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