INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 1 200

INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 1 200 LEVEL, SECOND SEMESTER LECTURER: AKPATI, C. FRANKLIN SAMULE ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY, OGWA, EDO STATE Email: akpatichibuzor@yahoo. com

1. Introduction • Intonation refers to the pitch change in an utterance i. e the way in which the voice goes up and down when we speak

2. OBJECTIVES • Expose the students to different concepts in phonetics • Ensure students articulate phonetic sounds correctly

3. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course exposes students to basic concepts in phonetics and phonology. It helps students to have a proper understanding of what these concepts are. The goal of this course is to teach students and make them have linguistic competence of the language.

4. COURSE OUTLINE WEEK 1: Intonation (what is intonation? , intonational types/patterns, uses of intonation WEEK 2: English syllable (syllabic structure) WEEK 3: Stress in English (word stress, sentence stress) WEEK 4: Labialisation and palatalisation WEEK 5: Aspiration and Dentalisation WEEK 6: Syllabification and velarisation WEEK 7: Foot and Tone group

5. COURSE OUTLINE CONT. WEEK 8: Transcription (Phonemic and phoetic/broad WEEK 9: Allophones WEEK 10: Revision Week 11 – WEEK 12: Exams WEEK 13: Marking and uploading of results COURSE ASSESSMENT Attendance ……………. . 5% Test ……………. 15% Assignment ……………. . 10% Examination ……………. 70% Total …………… 100%

Reading list Aremo, B. (2001). Spoken English. Ibadan: Scribo Publication Limited. Fatusin, S. A. (2007). An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology of English. Lagos: Greenfield Publishers. Daniel Jones, (2006). English Pronouncing Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ogunsiji, Y. & Olanrewaju, F. (2010). Analytical Linguistics. Ogun State: Olabisi Onabanjo University Press. 6/5/2021