Structural function

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DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM OF PHONEME. THE DEFINITION OF PHONEME
Each language has a limited number of sound-types (звукотипы) that are shared by all speakers of the language and are linguistically important because they distin

Aims of communication and phonetic means in formal and informal communication.
For the English language RP is most appropriate for public speaking, formal occasions. The standard is stylistically differentiated, as there are situations when

Tendencies in the incidence of stress in English.
Languages are also differentiated according to the place of word stress. The traditional classification of languages concerning place of stress in a word is into those with a fixed stress and those

The units of rhythm in prose and verse.
For many years the object of phonet.analysis was a short sentence(one sense-group). However, the analysis of larger text units( long complex sentences- Superphras.unit) contributed a lot to the tre

Functional or
linguistic level) rhythm Speech melody, or the pitch component of intonation, is the variations in the pitch of the voice

Consonants
a) In GA [r] is retroflex (pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled back). At least 3 degrees of retroflexion which affect the preceding vowel:

National standards
§ RP (Received Pronunciation), or BBC English, in the UK; § GA (General American), or American Network English, in the USA; § GenCan

Functions of syllable. The notions of open and close juncture. Phonetic means of open juncture
There are two very important functions of syllable. 1) constitutive.- its ability to be a part of a word or a word itself. The syllable forms language units of greater magnitude: w

Attitudinal meaning of the constituents of the melodic contour.
In Brit. Trad. Some scientists say Melody has no meaning and its meaning is totally depended on context. However there is evidence to the contrary. The independ. Character of tonal meanings is born

PHONETIC BASIS. ARTICULATORY BASIS: STATIC AND DYNAMIC APPROACHES
  Phonetic basis suggests a number of the most typical pronunciation tendencies of the language. These tendencies are perceived by listeners as a certain “colouring” of the lan

Subsidiary.
The actual speech sounds are allophones or variants of the phoneme. Allophones of one and the same phoneme are phonetically similar. They don’t contrast with one another. F.e. English phon

The main approaches to the description of melody( British and American schools).
Speech Melody –most meaning carrying component of the Intonation; the variation in the pitch of the voice in connected speech. Major approaches to the form of melodic units.

Social function
Our oral speech can give info to the listener about his gender, age, education, place – domain of prosody. Prosody is an important marker of personal or social identity: lawyers, preachers, newscas

Stylistic
Each functional style and each function of speech has its own characteristics in melody, tempo, loudness, voice quality, pause. Official style (frequent use of the gradually descending scale

Typology of accentual structures
  (из лекций): Degrees of stress 1) primary (strong) 2) secondary (alw preceeds the primary stress: e*xami*nation); 3) tertiary (alw follow th

The specific character of English prosodic basis as compared with Russian.
    Prosody is “a term used in suprasegmental phonetics and phonology to refer collectively to variations in pitch, loudness, tempoand

Vowel quality which depends on the height and the front-back position of the tongue.
According to the vertical position of the tongue, vowels can be: a) close (high): - narrow [i:], [u:] - broad [i], [u], [iə], [uə] b) mid:

Word stress
a) The differences in stress are also lexically determined, and, therefore, and hard to generalize: RP a¢ddress, ¢adult, prin¢cess, ¢detail;

SOCIAL VARIATIONS IN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION. SOCIAL FACTORS AND PHONETIC MARKERS
  In all English-speaking countries there exists a close and obvious connection between language and social class: speech stratification correlates with social stratification. But onl

FUNCTIONS OF INTONATION
  The principal functions of I. are: 1) Communicative – the change in melody/tone leads to the change of the communicative type of the utterance. (command, r

THE ORPHOEPIC NORM OF ENGLISH (RP) AND ITS TYPES
  The conditions for a variety of English pronunciation to be accepted as the orthoepic norm are 1.recognition of the fact that RP has the “prestige a

Standard Scottish Pronunciation.
  ü The Southern British type of Engl.pronunciation is known as RP. The term Southern English is indicative only of its birth-place and doesn’t

INTONATION AND PROSODY. THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THESE NOTIONS
  These terms are used interchangeably, as synonyms. Some linguists although strongly object to such a confusion (Artemov, Zlatousova, Svetozarova). Broadly speaking,

Factor which determine the variety of phonetic styles.
  Phonostylistics deals with phonetic styles, which are- different ways of pronunciation determined by extralinguist.factors and characterized by specific phonetic features.So

The meaning of tones and scales.
The falling tone is most common in statements, special questions, commands and exclamations. The rising tone is common in non-final parts of statements, in general questions, requests and warnings.

Functions of syllable. The notions of open and close juncture. Phonetic means of open juncture
There are two very important functions of syllable. 1) constitutive.- its ability to be a part of a word or a word itself. The syllable forms language units of greater magnitude: w