Second year phonetics syllabus

(First Term)

 

1-    Overview of the English Speech Sounds (Peter Roach, pp. 10-34; J.D. O’Conor, pp. 24-63…pp. 79-88)

 

1-    Vowels

2-    Consonants

 

2-    Some General Rules

          2-1- Aspiration of the English Plosives (Peter Roach, pp. 31-34)

          2-2- Devoicing of the English Voiced consonants (Peter Roach, pp. 31-52)

          2-3- The Silent /g/(Peter Roach, pp. 56-58; Henry Rogers, p. 57)

          2-4- Glottalisation (Peter Roach, pp. 52-54; Henry Rogers, p. 55)

 

3-    The Syllable

 

3-1- The Nature of the Syllable (Peter Roach, pp. 67-68; Henry Rogers, p. 57)

                                                       

          3-2- The Syllable Structure (Peter Roach, pp. 68-73; Henry Rogers, pp.  

          88- 91)                                           

          3-3- Open and Closed Syllables (Henry Rogers, pp. 71- 72) 

           3-4- The Syllable Division (Henry Rogers, pp. 92- 93)        

           3-5- Maximization Principle (Henry Rogers, p. 92)    

4-    Strong Vs Weak English Syllables (Peter Roach, pp. 75-83)

 

          4-1- Definition of Strong and Weak Syllables

          4-2- The English Weak Syllable