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
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