Descriptive grammar of French – phonetics 3304-2FON-1C
Lecture: The sounds of the language will be described, form the material (articulation, basic acoustic parameters, perception) and the functional point of view (phonology). The students will also be given an overview of structural, generative and other, up-to-date approaches in some of their aspects, as well as the problem of pronunciation norm variance during the last fifty years.
Classes: They will provide a description of the rules of French pronunciation (vocalic system, vocalic harmonization, liaisons); students will also transcribe texts into the Internmational Phonetic alphabet (API).
Credit: assiduity, tests before each class.
Examination: written test (1st part: theory as given in the lacture, 2nd part - phonetic transcription) in the spring session.
Type of course
Bibliography
Dutka A., Pilecka E., Introduction a` la phonétique du français contemporain, Warszawa, 1998;
Ducrot O., Schaeffer J.-M., Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage, Paris, 1995;
Le nouveau Petit Robert, wyd. 1993 lub późniejsze.
Bibliografia będzie uzupełniana w trakcie semestru.
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