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Institut für Anglistik Institut für Anglistik

Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Pisek Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Pisek, +43 512 507 4157

609352

English Phonetics and Phonology

VO 1

1,75

wöch.

semestral

Englisch

In this course students shall be introduced to key concepts and basic skills needed for describing and transcribing the speech sounds of English.

The course deals with phonetic and phonological topics such as the anatomy, physiology and acoustics of speech, the transcription of English, the relationship between spelling and speech, syllable structure, word stress, prosodic features and paralinguistic features. Attention will also be paid to differences between British English and American English and the special problems Austrian learners have regarding the pronunciation of English (individual sounds, intonation patterns etc.).

Lecture, transcription exercises

Written final exam

A select bibliography will be handed out at the beginning of term

Anmeldevoraussetzung/en: positive Beurteilung von VO1: Introduction to English Synchronic Linguistics + VO1: Introduction to the History of English (bzw. VO2: Introduction to Language and Linguistics)
Beginn: 07. März 2011