Transcribe and intone the sentences below. Pay attention to the differentiatory function of stress in the italicized words.

1. a) He spoke with no trace of accent. b) The way you accent these words tells me you were not born in England.

2. a) That’s very abstract. b) One can abstract several general rules from an examination of these facts.

3. a) He was not on the missing list. b) They couldn’t find the missing list / it’s been missing for several days.

4. a) “That’s what I call a silver tip” the taxi-driver said contentedly. b) This is obviously a silver tip; no other metal would have been strong enough for the job. 5. a) You will need a permit in order to visit that place. b) The job has to be done very quickly; it doesn’t permit of any delay.

6. a) We entered a very dark room. b) A darkroom is a room for photographic processing.

Read this text as a radio commentator: a) add extra loudness to your voice; b) watch the tempo of speech; c) articulate clearly and distinctly.

Read this text as a dictation: observe correct rhythmic groups and sentence stress.

Cutting off with a Shilling

Sheridan, the famous English playwright, wanted his son Tom to marry a young woman of a large fortune. The youth was in love with a penniless girl and refused pointblank to obey his father.

Out of patience with his son, Sheridan threatened him: “If you don’t immediately obey me, I shall cut you off with a shilling.” “When you really make me up your mind to cut me off with a shilling,” said the youth, “you will have to borrow it first, sir.”

Sheridan burst out laughing and dropped the subject altogether.

Read the poems as if you were reading them to a) children; b) students. Learn the poem by heart.

The Rooster

By Hilder I. Roston

What would we do,

I’d like to know,

Without that bird

That loves to crow?

Who wakes him up,

I’d like to know,

To tell him when

It’s time to crow.

I’ll get up early

One day, too,

And shout out:

“Cock-a-doodle-doo-oo.”

The Queen’s Rhyme

The king has married two wives,

Each a Prince’s daughter

“I’m a Queen, and you’re a Queen,

So who’s to fetch the water?”

RECEIVED AND GENERAL

AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION

Семинарское занятие № 10

1. What is standard pronunciation?

2. System of American English consonants.

3. System of American English vowels.

4. Accentual structure of words in American English.

5. What are the main differences between the RP and GA a) systems f consonants; b) system of vowels; c) accentual structure and intonation?

6. What is “advanced” RP?

Литература

1. Борисова, Л.В. Теоретическая фонетика английского языка / Л.В.Борисова. – Минск, 1980.

2. Дубовский, Ю.А. Нормативные основы английской речевой интонации / Ю.А. Дубовский. – Минск, 1979.

3. Теоретическая фонетика английского языка: учеб. для студентов пед. вузов и ун-тов / С.Ф. Леонтьева. – 3-е изд., испр. и доп. – М.: Изд-во «Менеджер», 2004.

4. Gimson, A.C. An Introduction to Pronunciation of English / A.C. Gimson. – London, 1964.

5. Jones, D. English Pronouncing Dictionary Eleventh Edition. Reprinted / D.Jones., 1957.

6. Jones, D. The Pronunciation of English / D. Jones. – Cambridge, 1967.

7. Shakhbagova, D.A. Varieties of English Pronunciation / D.A. Shakhbagova. – M., 1979.

8. Ward, I. The Phonetics of English / I. Ward. – Cambridge, 1948.

9. Wells, J.C. Longman Pronounciation Dictionary / J.C. Wells. - 2000.

10. Crystal, D. Prosodic Systems and Intonation / D. Crystal. – Cambridge, 1969.

Практическое занятие № 10

Read the words below according to the GA standard.

Farm, bird, sister, leave, let, late, berry, marry, very, Betty, bottle, little, city, certainly, that one, mountain, which, what, when, due, hew, suit, excursion, version, Persia, man, name, noun, national.

Read the words below.

a) with thw vowel /ı/:

residual, resign, resist, resolve, resort;

b) with the vowel /e/ lower than the RP /e/:

bell, well, best, lest, nest, hell.

Read the words below.

a) with the GA /æ/ more front and longer than the RP /æ/:

ask, dance, last, answer, half, aunt;

b) with the RP /æ/ nasalized before /d, m, n/:

bad, man, land, answer.

Read the words below with the /r/-colouring terminally.

Winter, perceiver, doctor, mister, sister, Webster.

Read the words below according to the GA standard.

Not, crop, dock, nod, father, palm, balm, calm.

Read the words below according to the GA standard.

Hop, rob, not, lock; doll, solve, on; frog, log, long; law, court.

Read the GA general questions with a falling tone (the counterpart tone in RP would be rising).

Are you going? Does he care?

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