LI211 English Phonetics - IIS RU

LI 211 <strong>English</strong> <strong>Phonetics</strong><br />

<strong>IIS</strong> RamKhamhaeng University, July 2007<br />

Professor Fred Marshall<br />

California State University, Sacramento<br />

fredm@csus.edu<br />

A course in the articulatory phonetics of <strong>English</strong>, vocal sound production, points and manners of<br />

articulation, stress, intonation, theory, and oral practice, with emphasis on reading and writing<br />

phonetic symbols.<br />

Text: Linda House. 1998. Introductory <strong>Phonetics</strong> and Phonology. Lawrence Erlbaum<br />

Associates. ISBN: 0-8058-2068-X.<br />

Course Requirements:<br />

3 exams: 2 Midterms (25%); Final (30%)<br />

Quizzes: 20 %<br />

Midterm exams are on Thursday July 12, in the morning, and Thursday July 19, in the<br />

afternoon.<br />

Final exam is on Thursday July 26, in the afternoon.<br />

Quizzes will be given occasionally, typically at the end of a morning or afternoon session.<br />

Exams and quizzes will mostly involve reading transcribed <strong>English</strong> and transcribing spoken<br />

<strong>English</strong>. There may be some other questions with definitions of key terms and short answer<br />

questions about key concepts.<br />

Copying, sharing answers and other forms of cheating on exams will be punished.<br />

Bring the book to class each day. We will do exercises from it regularly.

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Schedule, LI 211 <strong>English</strong> <strong>Phonetics</strong> :<br />

Tues. July 3<br />

AM: The Concept of Transcription; front vowels – House chap. 1, 3<br />

PM: Back Vowels & Diphthongs – House chap. 3, 4<br />

Thurs. July 5<br />

AM: Vowels with / r l / – House chap. 7<br />

PM: Stops & Nasal consonants – House chap. 5<br />

Tues. July 10<br />

AM: Fricatives, Affricates & Approximants – House chap. 5<br />

PM: Review & Practice<br />

Thurs. July 12<br />

AM: Exam: Transcribing 1 syllable words<br />

PM: Stress & 2 syllable words – House chap. 8<br />

Tues. July 17<br />

AM: Multi-syllabic words – House chap. 8, 9, Appendix F<br />

PM: Phonotactics & consonant clusters – House chap. 9<br />

Thurs. July 19<br />

AM: Review & Practice<br />

PM: Exam<br />

Tues. July 24<br />

AM: Sentence Stress – House chap. 10<br />

PM: Phonetic detail; Narrow transcription<br />

Thurs. July 26<br />

AM: Review & Practice<br />

PM: Final exam