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ENS101GHljóðfræði 1
English Phonetics 1
Pétur Knútsson
accent
“voice”
accentpronunciationphonetic form
“S/he doesn’t speak English with an
accent”
“S/he doesn’t speak English with an
accent”
• Britain
• Australia
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• USA
• Canada
• Britain
• Australia
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• USA
• Canada
• Scotland, Ireland, Jamaica / Africa / India
• BritainRP: “Received
Pronunciation”
BE: General British English
• USAGA, AE: General
American English
accentpronuciationphonetic form
dialectvocabulary, grammar, syntaxgrammatical form
“s/he speaks dialect”
accentpronuciationphonetic form
dialect
Linguistically, there’s no such thing as a corrupt accent or a corrupt dialect.
Linguistically, there’s no such thing as an ugly accent or an ugly dialect.
Linguistically, there’s no such thing as a beautiful accent or a beautiful dialect.
accentpronuciationphonetic form
dialectvocabulary, grammar, syntaxgrammatical form
accentpronuciationphonetic form
dialectvocabulary, grammar, syntaxgrammatical form
• France, Iceland, Japan, Greece .........
• Britain
• Australia
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• USA
• Canada
• Britain
• Australia
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• USA
• Canada
INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH
mayor
mayormare
stair bear there heir mayor
mayormare
fissurefisher
careerKorea
evident abundant
vacant confident
valiant obedient
“schwa”
evident abundant
vacant confident
valiant obedient
NUTRIENT PRESCIENT OMNISCIENT DISSENTIENT PRESENTIENT TRANSIENT DARENT EVACUANT DILUENT CONTINUANT PURSUANT CONSTITUENT AFFLUENT EFFLUENT REFLUENT INFLUENT CONFLUENT CONGRUENT TRUANT OBSTRUENT CUMBENT LAMBENT DECUMBENT RECUMBENT INCUMBENT PROCUMBENT DECADENT PAGEANT ALLEGIANT REGENT SEJANT PRECEDENT ANTECEDENT URGENT EMERGENT INSURGENT DETERGENT ABSTERGENT VERDANT DIVERGENT CONVERGENT ACCORDANT CONCORDANT DISCORDANT MORDANT MORDENT STUDENT PRUDENT IMPRUDENT ARDENT ARGENT SERGEANT SERJEANT PEDANT TRIDENT INDIGENT AGENT REAGENT DIFFIDENT CONFIDENT INTELLIGENT UNINTELLIGENT NEGLIGENT DILIGENT PRECEDENT DISSIDENT ACCIDENT EXIGENT OCCIDENT INTRANSIGENT INCIDENT COINCIDENT EVIDENT PROVIDENT IMPROVIDENT RESIDENT PRESIDENT INDULGENT FULGENT EFFULGENT REFULGENT SCANDENT ABUNDANT SUPERABUNDANT REDUNDANT PUNGENT DEFENDANT RESPLENDENT PENDANT PENDENT DEPENDANT DEPENDENT INTERDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT ASCENDANT ASCENDENT DESCENDANT DESCENDENT TRANSCENDENT ATTENDANT INTENDANT SUPERINTENDENT DESPONDENT RESPONDENT CORRESPONDENT COGENT RODENT IMPUDENT SYCOPHANT ELEPHANT TRIUMPHANT INFANT TERMAGANT ARROGANT TANGENT SUBTANGENT COTANGENT STRINGENT ASTRINGENT CONTINGENT OBLIGANT ELEGANT INELEGANT LITIGANT EXTRAVAGANT GIANT DEFIANT OLEFIANT PLIANT COMPLIANT ATTRAHENT BUOYANT FLAMBOYANT CLAIRVOYANT CLAIRVOYANTE OBEDIENT DISOBEDIENT MEDIANT EXPEDIENT INEXPEDIENT INGREDIENT CLAIRAUDIENT RADIANT GRADIENT IRRADIANT VALIANT EBULLIENT SALIENT BRILLIANT LENIENT CONVENIENT INCONVENIENT SAPIENT INSOUCIANT RUBEFACIENT SUBSERVIENT CLINQUANT BACCHANT PIQUANT SECANT COSECANT PECCANT ABDICANT MENDICANT VACANT SIGNIFICANT INSIGNIFICANT APPLICANT APPLICANT COMMUNICANT LUBRICANT INTOXICANT INDOLENT VIOLENT SOMNOLENT EXCELLENT INSOLENT NONCHALANT MALEVOLENT BENEVOLENT PREVALENT EQUIVALENT GALLANT GALLANT GALLANT TALENT COOLANT APPELANT PROPELLENT INTERPELLANT REPELLENT IMPELLENT SILENT JUBILANT SIBILANT FLAGELLANT VIGILANT EXHALANT ASSAILANT DIVALENT AMBIVALENT PESTILENT REDOLENT CONDOLENT VOLANT TURBULENT AMBULANT NOCTAMBULANT FRAUDULENT TRUCULENT SUCCULENT FECULENT FLOCCULENT ESCULENT OSCULANT ULULANT TREMULANT STIMULANT CRAPULENT CORPULENT OPULENT FLATULENT PETULANT POSTULANT VIRULENT LINEAMENT DISMEMBERMENT ADAMANT BEWILDERMENT FUNDAMENT WONDERMENT ENDANGERMENT MEASUREMENT ADMEASUREMENT DISFIGUREMENT TRANSFIGUREMENT LIGAMENT ATTIREMENT RETIREMENT ACQUIREMENT REQUIREMENT ENDEARMENT CEREMENT MEDICAMENT PREDICAMENT PARLIAMENT FILAMENT FIRMAMENT ARMAMENT DISARMAMENT TOURNAMENT ORNAMENT TEMPERAMENT SACRAMENT ARBITRAMENT ACCOUTREMENT BETTERMENT EMBITTERMENT HEREDITAMENT TESTAMENT ALLUREMENT IMMUREMENT INUREMENT DISSEVERMENT AGREEMENT DISAGREEMENT FERMENT PREFERMENT INTERMENT DISINTERMENT AVERMENT DORMANT INFORMANT GARMENT UNDERGARMENT JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT ADJUDGMENT BOMBARDMENT ENLARGEMENT EMBEDMENT ENGAGEMENT ASSUAGEMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT MANAGEMENT ... (850+)
obeyattackobtainabstainperhapsparticular
“schwa”
L1 L2
L1 L2
preliterate: before learning to read
postliterate: after learning to read
“Home” Englishes International English
Over the past 500 – 600 years, English spelling has not kept up with the changes in pronunciation
Over the past 500 – 600 years, English spelling has not kept up with the changes in pronunciation
•In the year 1400, the words• boot• book• blood
were all pronounced with the same vowel, a long “oo” sound.
boot
book
blood
Not so today:
food moon lose rude blue
good should Butch bushfull Buddha
flood mud judge love sun son
L2
• Using L1 phonology for L2 sounds• shell, sell• measure, pressure • sheep, ship• think, sink• Kata, kæta
L2
• Using L1 phonology for L2 sounds
• Aiming at the “wrong” L2 sounds
Has its own phonology
Has a “filtered” or impoverished phonology
L1 L2“Home” Englishes International English
L1 and L2 : Summary
• preliterate – postliterate• does spelling or pronunciation come first?• weak vowels or not?• full or impoverished phonology?
L2 learners of English may not have much of a problem when what they learn can be explained in terms of letters. They find it for instance easy to learn that there is a “silent w” in write, and that the “silent e” at the end of stage changes the vowel “a” to a n “ay”-sound. But if the changes involved cannot be shown by letters, they may not be taught. So the use of Schwa at the end of teacher, doctor and beggar will not be taught.
So what accent of English do we concentrate on in this course?
• RP (British English)
• GA (American English)
• International English