Contents

Lecture 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE OF THEORETICAL PHONETICS
1. Phonetics as a Branch of Linguistics
2. The Work of the Organs of Speech
3. Methods of Investigating the Sound Matter of the Language
4. The Importance of Phonetics as a Theoretical Discipline
5. Phonetics and its Connection with Social Sciences
6. Theories of Teaching Pronunciation in Current TEFL / TESOL Practices

Lecture 2. PROBLEMS OF PHONOSTYLISTICS
1. Phonetic Peculiarities of Style
2. Style-Forming and Style-Modifying Factors
3. Classifying Phonetic Styles

Lecture 3. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPEECH SOUNDS ENGLISH CONSONANTS
1. Aspects of Speech Sounds
2. General Characteristics of Phonemes
3. Notation
4. Main Trends in Phoneme Theory
5. Methods of Phonological Analysis
6. The System of English Phonemes. Consonants
7. General Characteristics of Consonants
8. Modifications of Consonants in Connected Speech

Lecture 4. VOWELS AND THEIR MODIFICATIONS
1. General Characteristics of Vowels
2. Modifications of Vowels in Connected Speech
3. Sound Alternations
4. Stylistic Modifications of Sounds

Lecture 5. SYLLABIC AND ACCENTUAL STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH WORDS
1. Syllabic Structure of English Words
2. Accentual Structure of English Words

Lecture 6. GENERAL CHARACTER OF ENGLISH INTONATION
1. Structure and Function
2. Notation
3. Rhythm

Lecture 7. STYLE CHARACTERISTICS OF INTONATION
1. Informational Style
2. Informational Dialogues
3. Press Reporting and Broadcasting
4. Academic Style
5. Publicistic Style
6. Declamatory Style
7. Conversational Style
8. Intonation and Language Teaching

Lecture 8. TERRITORIAL VARIETIES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATON
1. Functional Stylistics and Dialectology
2. Spread of English
3. American-Based Pronunciation Standards of English
4. Accents of English Outside UK and USA