ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

2 credits
30 periods
Lecturer: Nguyen Thuy Nga

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Phonetics vs Phonology

Phonetics: The study of speech

sounds.
Phonology: The study of the sound
system - how sounds relate to and
interact with each other in a
language (The study of the way
speech sounds form patterns).
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 HÌNH THỨC TỔ CHỨC DẠY MÔN HỌC

Chapters Thuyết trình Tổng

Lý thuyết Bài tập Thảo luận
1-2 Articulation : organs of articulation, Text book: p17 Hand    4 tiết
facial diagram outs

3 Vowels: definition, classification Text book: p25 Hand   4

outs

4 Consonants: definition, classification,  Text book: p35   ……

characteristics: Plosives; hand-outs

6-7 Fricatives, Affricates; Nasals & other  Text book : p55   ……

consonants hand-outs
5 Phoneme: definition, classification,  Text book: 46    
allophones, in CD, minimal pair,
transcription

8-9-10-11 Syllable: structure, strong & weak  Text book: p84    

syllable. Stress: roles, positions Hand outs
 

12-14 Weak form, Aspects of connected  Exercises : p109,    

speech: assimilation, elision, linking hand outs

15, 18, 19 + hand-outs (Stageberg: Intonation: functions: some  Exercises : hand-    

Intonation contours; pp54-66) functions of English tones, types of outs: Stageberg pp
functions of English intonation, 61-66
symbolizing intonation

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 Standard British English

Pure Vowels 12 7 short: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ , ɒ, ʊ, ә

5 long: i: , ɑ: , ɔ: , з: , u:

Diphthongs 8 5 closing: eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, aʊ, әʊ

2 (3) centring: eә, ɪә, (ʊә)

Consonants 24
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 The phoneme
• The smallest speech sound that has linguistic value
that can bring a change in meaning
cat hat
hot hat
pot hot

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Organs of speech
Place Adjective
Lip labial
Teeth dental
Alveolar ridge
alveolar
Palate palatal
Velum velar
Uvula uvular
Glottis glottal
• PHONETIC CLASSIFICATION
Vowels: sounds which are made with NO
OBSTRUCTION to the airflow as it passes from
the larynx to the lips.
[i:] as in see or [u:] as in too

Consonants: sounds which are made with SOME

OBSTRUCTION to the airflow in the oral cavity
[s] as in see or [t] as in too

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 CARDINAL VOWELS
• Definition
• Cardinal vowels are not the vowels of any
particular language
• They are a standard reference system and are
the rage of vowels that the human vocal
apparatus can make

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 VOWELS
Vowels are
•Oral sound (the air flows out of the oral cavity)
•Voiced (the vocal cords vibrate in the vowel
production
•Syllabic (forming syllables)
•Determined by the shape and size of the oral
cavity, especially the tongue height and tongue
part
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