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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Phonetics and phonology: Introduction to the course. Definition of terms. IPA, transcription. Sources. The phonemic symbols of English. Vowels: long, short; monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs. The schwa sound and unstressed syllables. Consonants, the articulators.Voiced and voiceless consonants. Classification by manner and place of articulation. Problematic Phonemes for Czech Speakers. Aspiration. Assimilation of voice. Vocalic quantity: Vowel length before voiced/voiceless consonants. Pronunciation vs. spelling. Patterns of sounds and letters, silent letters, homophones. Morphology: Introduction. Linguistic disciplines, levels of description. Sources. Morphemes as language signs; allomorphy. Types of morphemes; derivation vs. inflection. Root change. Morphological analysis. Parts of speech. Major and minor word formation types. Non-inflectable word classes: adpositions, conjunctions, numerals, articles, interjections. Nouns: number and countability; types of reference and the use of articles; case and gender. Adjectives and adverbs: formation, classification and grading.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Seminár, E-learning, Students' self-study
- Class attendance
- 56 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 17 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 60 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 60 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 34 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 73 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course serves as an introduction to the linguistic description of English and is part of a complex block which will take students through a description of English. The first part focuses on the description of the level of the linguistic units: phonemes and morphemes. The aim of the Phonology part is to provide students with the theoretical basis for the description of the standard English pronunciation and its transcription using the international phonetics alphabet. Students will learn to identify and describe English phonemes (vowels and consonants), English syllables and word stress. The emphasis is put on individual pronunciation problems of Czech speakers of English and on their improvement. The morphological part in this semester introduces the concepts morphemes, parts of speech, inflection and derivation. Special attention is given to the word class articles as it is a non-existent word class in Czech. The course further aims to provide students with an understanding of the morphological differences between Czech and English in the context of the typological difference between the two languages, as well as illustrate and verify the observations made using basic corpus tools.
In the Phonetics component, students are given a theoretical background to standard English pronunciation. The theory will be covered in the lectures. These take place every two weeks. The phonetics lectures take place in odd weeks (lichý). There are also fortnightly (= every 14 days) classes in the language laboratory P301, which are practical. Here, students will be given online practice in the subject. Course participants will become familiar with the 44 individual sounds of English, called phonemes. Phonemic transcription of these individual sounds as well as short words will be practised. This will be tested regularly during the course as well as in the credit test. The variety of English taught will be Received Pronunciation, the standard pronunciation of educated speakers of British English. (Students with an American accent will not be required to learn to speak with a British accent but they should become aware of the differences between these varieties of spoken English). The overall aim of this part of the course is to help students with their English pronunciation. Objectives: These are what learners will be able to do or achieve by the end of the course. 1. To become familiar with the phonemic inventory of English, that is, to know all the individual sounds carrying meaning which comprise the English language. 2. To be able to represent these sounds using the standard phonemic notation in most English course books and dictionaries. (These are based on the IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet). 3. To be able to produce all these sounds competently. 4 To learn to discriminate between similar sounds and be able to reproduce these differences orally. 5. To recognise the basic differences between Czech and English segmental phonology. The aim of the morphology component is the exploration of the words of English, how they can be analyzed, changed and used. Students are guided to understand the rules of morphology and to be able to practically apply them as well as to find a particular grammar rule behind a practical application. Theory and practice are balanced. Where relevant, individual items are treated with special regard to the needs of the students whose mother tongue is Czech. The theory will be covered in the lectures. These take place every two weeks. There are also fortnightly (= every 14 days) classes (seminars) in the language laboratory P301, which are practical. Here, students will be given online practice in the subject. The course book is Morphology: Introduction to English morphology for university students by Richard Madsen. Objectives: These are what learners will be able to do or achieve by the end of the course. 1. To recognize the various parts of speech. 2. To create and understand new words. 3. To conjugate and decline English words correctly. 4. To analyze and describe the words of English.
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Prerequisites
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English on B2 level.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written assignment, Test
Attendance in the seminars and doing homework are compulsory. Assessment: Each component (Phonetics and Morphology) is assessed independently by the respective course teacher. Students have to achieve 70.00% in both parts to pass Linguistics 1. (LI1BE). Phonetics is assessed by means of a final Credit Test, which can be taken twice. The pass mark is 70.00%. Morphology is also assessed by means of a final Credit Test, which can be taken twice. The pass mark is 70.00%. If a student passes only Phonetics or only Morphology with 70.00%, they do not need to take that component again the following year.
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Recommended literature
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Baker, A. Ship or Sheep? An intermediate pronunciation course. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Biber, Douglas, and Geoffrey Leech. Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. London: Longman, 2002.
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Cruttenden, Alan. Gimson's Pronunciation of English. Abingdon: Routledge, 2014.
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Dušková, L. a kol. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Academia/Praha, 2012.
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Foley, Michael, and Diana Hall. Longman Advanced Learners´ Grammar. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2003.
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Hancock, Mark. English Pronunciation in Use, Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Huddleston, R. et al. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Chalker, Sylvia. A Student´s English Grammar Workbook. London: Longman, 2004.
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Katz, William F. Phonetics for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2013.
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Madsen, Richard Skultety. Morphology: Introduction to English morphology for university students. Liberec, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7494-591-5.
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Melen, Dušan. Můj průvodce angličtinou (1). Litoměřice: ELT-Publishing, 2016.
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Melen, Dušan. Výslovnost angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Praha: Big Ben, 2010.
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Ogden, Richard. An Introduction to English Phonetics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2017.
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Quirk, R. and S. Greenbaum. A Student´s Grammar of the English Language. Longman, 2010.
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Roach, Peter. English Phonetics and Phonology: A practical course. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Rogerson, P. and Gilbert, J. Speaking Clearly. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. Oxford University Press, 2016.
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