UCJASSA1 Suprasegment in English

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2009
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 (in Czech)
Přednáška seznámí posluchače s různými přístupy k mapování a popisu anglického suprasegmentu. Semináře jsou zaměřeny na praktické ukázky systémového využití suprasegmentálních jevů v jazyce i na praktický nácvik. Sylabus přednášky: 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 Sylabus semináře: 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 Literatura: Allen, S.: Living English Speech, Longman 1966. Brazil, D., Coulthard, M. and Johns, C.: Discourse function of Intonation, Longman 1980. Cruttenden, A.: Intonation, Cambridge 1986. Kolář, P.: On Some Aspects of Intranymic Analysis, Opava 2002. Roach, P.: English Phonetics and Phonology, CUP 1991. Wells, J.S.: English Intonation, Cambridge, 2006.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2008, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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