phonetics and phonology IV
Clase
Lecciones
Aquí tienes el esquema de la clase:
1. chapter 12 Mott
16 May
Difference between the Spanish and the English vowel system. Attention must be paid to the phonological differences between the vowels in general, the amount of vowels in each language, how they are used in the syllables. The notion of weak or neutral vowel (schwa), the changes suffered by some english vowels as a historical process. Practice: Exercises at he end of Ch.12 |
2. speech accents.
27 Jun
Comparison of the two main accents of English General American and British English. For that we are going to read Appendix B at the end of Mott and do some practical exercises in class working with those sounds that vary from one accent to the other |