Кафедра английской филологии Южно-Уральского государственного гуманитарно-педагогического университета (ЮУрГГПУ)

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1. Phonetics as a science.

2. Branches of phonetics.

3. Methods of phonetic and phonological investigation.

4. Phonetics and other branches of linguistics.

5. Practical application of phonetics.

6. Speech sounds as a physical phenomenon.

7. The articulatory mechanism and its work.

8. The main principles of classification of speech sounds.

9. The articulatory classification of English consonants.

10. The articulatory classification of English vowels.

11. Differences in the articulation bases of the English and Russian consonants.

12. Differences in the articulation bases of the English and Russian vowels.

13. The phoneme as the fundamental concept of phonology.

14. English consonants as units of the phonological system. The problem of affricates.

15. English vowels as units of the phonological system. The problem of diphthongs.

16. Phonemes and allophones. Types of allophones.

17. Patterns of distribution of phonemes. Distinctive oppositions and their types.

18. Sound alternation.

19. Types of transcription.

20. The mechanism of articulatory transition of phonemes in connected speech.

21. English consonants in connected speech.

22. English vowels in connected speech.

23. Principal theories of syllable formation and syllable division.

24. Structural types of syllables in English. Syllable construction in English and in Russian.

25. Functions of syllable. Syllable division in writing.

26. The nature of word stress. Functions of word stress.

27. Types of word stress. Word accentual patterns in English and in Russian.

28. Intonation, its components and related features. Speech melody. Sentence stress.

29. The problem of the definition of intonation. Tempo, pausation, rhythm and tamber/timber.

30. Functions of intonation.

31. Types of intonation.

32. The structure of intonation pattern.

33. The stylistic use of intonation.

34. The orthoepic norm. Variations within the orthoepic norm.

35. National varieties of English pronunciation.

36. The linguistic situation in Great Britain today.

37. Regional types of pronunciation in the UK.

38. Regional types of pronunciation in the USA.

39. Principal differences between GA and RP.

40. Styles of pronunciation.