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Exploring Phonetics & Phonology: Understanding Sounds in Language

Dive into the world of phonetics and phonology to grasp the essence of sounds in language. Learn about morphemes, phonemes, suffixes, prefixes, and more. Discover the differences between phonetics and phonology, and explore the variations in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar in different language varieties and accents. Uncover the nuances of speech sounds and how they shape communication.

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Exploring Phonetics & Phonology: Understanding Sounds in Language

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  1. EPP ENGLISH PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY Weeks 1 & 2

  2. Week 1 – Warm-up Notes Morpheme allomorph/allophone phoneme word clause phrase sentence suffix affix prefix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shnXVEnwbdw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGu_9c-1tFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0xPsSh9oE

  3. Week 1 – Warm-up Notes • Phonetics & Phonology • Syntax • Morphology/Word Formation • Lexicology & Semantics

  4. Week 1 – Warm-up Notes • Forms of communication • Learning vs acquisition • Language acquisition – L1 vs L2 • Critical period hypothesis

  5. Week 1 – Warm-up Notes • Acquisition-related theories • Behaviourist – imitation, • Innatists – autochthonous • Interactionists - interaction • Grammar-related/rules-related awareness?

  6. Week 1 – Warm-up Notes • Care-taker talk • Modified input • Order of acquisition

  7. Week 1 – Sounds that Surround Us • Language forms? • Phonetics vs Phonology • (Sub-)branches of Phonetics: - articulatory, - acoustics, - auditory

  8. Week 1 – Sounds that Surround Us From: Skandera & Burleigh, 2005: 5

  9. Week 2 – Sounds that Define Us • Language varieties/variants? • Similarities & differences in: • Pronunciation, • Vocabulary, • Grammar, • Spelling…

  10. Week 2 – Sounds that Define Us • Variety, dialect or accent? • Varieties in English vs Serbian? • Personal dialect – idiolect • Gender-determined dialect – genderlect

  11. Week 2 – Sounds that Define Us • Rhoticity? • Rhoticvs non-rhoticaccents • Br English vs Am English (rhoticity)

  12. Week 2 – Sounds We Produce From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/phonemic-chart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jwd-RvFqKg

  13. Week 2 – Sounds that Surround Us • The smallest language unit? • Phoneme vs phone • Phoneme vs allophone

  14. Week 2 – Sounds that Surround Us • Similarities in words • Minimalpair/-s • both in Serbian & English? • Consonant/vowel differences?

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