UCJAU022 Suprasegment in English

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Kolář, CSc.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lectures will familiarize the students with the various approcahes to mapping and describing English suprasegment. The seminars will focus on practical examples of systematic usage of suprasegmental phenomena in language as well as on practicing them.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of the lectures:
    1. Stress in general
    2. Stress in English and Czech
    3. Stress and rhythm
    4. Single words
    5. Retraction of stress
    6. Compounds and Concatenatives
    7. Presonal names and place names
    8. Recurring words
    9. Tonic unit
    10. Accentual and attitudinal functions of intonation
    11. Grammar function of intonation
    12. Discourse function of intonation
    Syllabus of the seminars:
    1. Stress patterns
    2. Stress and rhythm
    3. Secondary stress and rhythm
    4. Weak forms and rhythm
    5. Falling intonation
    6. Intonation of questions
    7. Rising intonation
    8. Fall-rise type
    9. Intonation of question-tags
    10. Other patterns
    11. Long words and concatenatives
    12. Retraction
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Brazil, D., Coulthard, M. and Johns, C. Discourse function of Intonation. info
  • Wells, J.S. English Intonation. info
  • Roach, P. English Phonetics and Phonology. info
  • Cruttenden, A. Intonation, Cambridge. info
  • Allen, S. Living English Speech. info
  • Kolář, P. On Some Aspects of Intranymic Analysis. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Written test
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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