Contents

CONTENTS. 1

PREFACE. 3

I. PHONETICS AS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS. BRANCHES OF PHONETICS. METHODS OF
INVESTIGATION.. 5

1.1 Introduction. 5

1.2 Branches and Divisions of Phonetics. 7

1.3. Phonetics and Social Sciences. 13

1.4. Methods of Phonetic Investigation. 16

Recommended literature. 17

II. THE ARTICULATORY CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ENGLISH SPEECH SOUNDS 18

2.1. The Anatomo-mechanical Aspect of Sound Production. 18

2.2. The system of English Vowels. 21

2.3. The System of English Consonants. 26

Tasks and questions. 31

Recommended literature. 34

III. THE ACOUSTIC AND AUDITORY ASPECTS OF THE ENGLISH SPEECH SOUNDS 34

Tasks and questions. 38

Recommended literature. 38

IV. THE FUNCTIONAL ASPECT OF SPEECH SOUNDS. 39

4.1 Phoneme and Allophones. 39

4.2. Phonetic notations. 46

4.3. Methods of Phonological Analysis. 47

Tasks and questions. 52

Recommended literature. 55

V. MODIFICATIONS OF SOUNDS IN CONNECTED SPEECH.. 56

5.1. Types of Sound Modifications. 56

5.2. English consonants in connected speech. 59

5.3. English vowels in connected speech. 63

5.4. Stylistic modifications of sounds. 64

Tasks and questions. 67

Recommended literature. 68

VI. SYLLABIC AND ACCENTUAL STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH WORDS 69

6.1. The Syllabic Structure of English Words. 69

6.2. The Accentual Structure of English Words. 74

Tasks and questions. 80

Recommended literature. 82

VII. ENGLISH INTONATION, ITS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS 83

7.1. The Structure of English Intonation. 84

7.2. The Functional Aspect of English Intonation. 93

Tasks and questions. 100

Recommended literature. 102

VIII. THE RHYTHMIC STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 103

Tasks and questions. 106

Recommended literature. 109

IX. PHONOSTYLISTICS AND THE STYLISTIC USE OF INTONATION 110

9.1. Problems of Phonostylistics. 110

9.2. Intonational Styles. 115

Tasks and questions. 119

Recommended literature. 119

X. TERRITORIAL VARIETIES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION 120

10.1. British English. 122

10.2. American English. 126

Tasks and questions. 128

Recommended literature. 129

CHECK YOURSELF. 130

GLOSSARY.. 132

REFERENCES: 155

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