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University Félix Houphouët-Boigny

School of Languages, Literature & Civilisations

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

LICENCE 1

SPEECH SOUNDS IN ENGLISH

Supplement material & practice

Compiled

by

Dr SILUÉ Djibril

2019 - 2020

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General objective:

➢ To acquaint first year students with the speech-sounds production

mechanisms of the English language.

Specific objectives:

❖ Students will get to know the vocal apparatus / vocal track

❖ Students will describe speech sounds of English (place and manner of articulation)

❖ Student will get familiar with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

❖ Students will improve their knowledge of English pronunciation

Additional readings:

✓ Chomsky, Noam and Halle, Morris, (1968), The Sound Pattern of English, New York: Harper

and Row

✓ Ladefoged, Peter, (1982), A Course in Phonetics, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

✓ Ladefoged, Peter, (2001), Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the sounds of

language, USA: Blackwell Publishing

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✓ Lyons, John, (1969), Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

✓ Philip, Carr, (1999), English Phonetics and Phonology: An Introduction , Edition History:

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Open your dictionary and find words containing the following speech sounds

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Read out

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Provide a phonetic transcription for the following words

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