Subject Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology

Course Title: Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology

Course Code: ENG-304

Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Course Contents:

1. Basic Definitions

2. Phonetics

• Articulatory, Auditory & Acoustic Phonetics

3. Phonology

• Phoneme
• Vowels
• Consonants
• Diphthongs
• Triphthongs
• Voicing
• Aspiration
• Minimal Pairs

4. Organs of Speech

5. Phonemes

• Consonants (Place and Manner of Articulation)
• Vowels (Vowel Trapezium/Quadrilateral)
• Monophthongs
• Diphthongs
• Triphthongs

6. Rules

• Rules of Voicing
• Rules of /r/
• Rules of /ŋ/

7. Practice of Phonemic Transcription

8. Definitions

• Homophones
• Homographs
• Homonyms
• Homophenes

9. Fluency Devices

• Assimilation
• Elision
• Weak Forms/Strong Forms
• Linking

10. Sound Values

• Stress and Intonation
• Practice of Phonemic Transcription

11. Phonological Problems Faced by Pakistani Students While Learning English as a Foreign Language

Recommended Books:

• Collins, B., & Mees, I. (2003). Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students. London & NY: Routledge (Taylor & Francis).
• Clark, J., & Yallop, C. (1995). An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell.
• Davenport, Mike, & Hannahs, S. J. (2010). Introducing Phonetics & Phonology (3rd ed.). Hodder Education.
• Roach, Peter. (2009). English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course (4th ed.). Cambridge.