Phonetics and Phonology: Course Briefing

Shi Baohui

Beijing Foreign Studies University

2008
Objectives

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  Through this short course, the students are expected to be able to
  

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  speak English with correct pronunciation and prosodic patterns,
  
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  discuss issues in English phonetics and phonology, and
  
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  discuss issues in teaching the pronunciation of English to Chinese learners.
  

Teaching plan

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  Fundamentals of articulatory phonetics
  
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  IPA and speech transcription
  
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  English vowels and consonants
  
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  Phonological rules
  
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  Suprasegmentals; intonation
  
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  Features; phonological theories
  
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  Exam
  

Required readings

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  Roach, Peter. 2000. English Phonetics and Phonology. 3/e. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  
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  Gimson, A. C. & Alan Cruttenden. 2001. Gimson’s Pronunciation of English. 6th ed. London: Arnold.
  
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  Yavaş, Mehmet. 2005. Applied English Phonology. Oxford: Blackwell.
  

Readings on English pronunciation

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  Carr, Philip. 1999. English Phonetics and Phonology: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
  
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  Kreidler, Charles W. 2004. The Pronunciation of English: A Course Book. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell.
  
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  Wells, John. 2006. English Intonation: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  

Readings on phonetics

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  Ladefoged, Peter. 2006. A Course in Phonetics. 5th ed. Boston, MA.: Thomson Wadsworth.
  
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  Catford, J. C. 2001. A Practical Introduction to Phonetics. 2/e. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  
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  Clark, John & Colin Yallop. 1995. An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology. 2/e. Oxford: Blackwell.
  
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  Collins, Beverly & Inger M. Mees. 2003. Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.
  
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  Davenport, Mike & Stephen J. Hannahs. 1998. Introducing Phonetics and Phonology. London: Arnold.
  
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  Cruttenden, Alan. 1997. Intonation. 2/e. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  

Readings on phonology

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  Gussenhoven, Carlos & Haike Jacobs. 1998. Understanding Phonology. London: Arnold.
  
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  Odden, David. 2005. Introducing Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  
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  Spencer, Andrew. 1996. Phonology: Theory and Application. Oxford: Blackwell.
  
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  Roca, Iggy and Wyn Johnson. 1999. A Course in Phonology. Oxford: Blackwell.
  
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  Ewen, Colin J. & Harry van der Hulst. 2001. The Phonological Structure of Words: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  
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  Gussmann, Edmund. 2002. Phonology: Analysis and Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  

Other readings

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  Celce-Murcia, Marianne, Donna M. Brinton & Janet M. Goodwin. 1996. Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  
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  Wells, John. 2000. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. 2/e. Harlow: Pearson.
  

Assessment

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  Class participation and performance (30%)
  
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  Written and/or oral exam (70%)