| Centro |
| Facultad de Filología, Traducción y Comunicación |
| Departamento |
| Filología Inglesa y Alemana |
| Profesor responsable |
| Sin datos cargados |
| Met. Docent |
| Classes will be given in the lecture hall, in the language laboratory (when available) and in the computer room (when available). Students are expected to participate actively in the classes. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| Either: 1. Continuous Assessment OR 2. A theoretical examination and a practical examination. Students must pass both to pass the course. |
| Bibliografia |
| -Bowler, B. & Cunningham, S. (1991) Headway: Upper-Intermediate Pronunciation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. -Hancock, Mark (2003) English Pronunciation in Use. Cambridge: CUP. -Harris, John (1994) English Sound Structure. London: Routledge. -Jones, D. (1996) English Pronouncing Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. -Radford, Andrew et al. (1999) Linguistics: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. -Roach, Peter (1991) 2nd ed. English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Wells, J.C. (1990) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow: Longman. |
| Continguts |
| -Phonology in the study of the English language. -Standard Pronunciation. Received Pronunciation. Phonetics and phonology: basic concepts. Acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics and auditory phonetics. -Introduction to the articulation of consonants, vowels and diphthongs. Basic phonological concepts. -Description and classification of English consonants. English vowels and diphthongs. Connected speech: assimilation, elision, juncture. -Introduction to accent, rhythm and intonation in English. Comparison with Spanish phonological system. |
| Objetius |
| -To give the students a grounding in the theoretical and practical aspects of phonology and phonetics. To give them a complete description of English phonemes and the phonological processes in connected speech. -To help students to transcribe texts phonemically and offer them an introduction to to phonetic transcription. -To help the student to master the pronunciation of English and to help her/him to understand isolated words and connected speech. Also to help students to help themselves to overcome problems involving the acquisition of English pronunciation. |
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