English Phonetics and Phonology - Week 13: Basics of Stress, Prominence, and Rhythm

Introduction: Hello and welcome to the Week 13 of the course English Phonetics and Phonology for the Bachelor's in English Teaching at ULACIT term IIIC 2023. This week we will explore some basic suprasegmental features of pronunciation like rhythm, stress, and prominence.

Today's Goals: 

• Review a new phoneme that only exists in some regional English accents.
• Use content words to identify the rhythm of a text.
• Break a text into thought groups to analyze and read in a natural way.

Guiding Questions: 

• What is the difference between the /w/ and /hw/ phonemes?
• What does it mean to say that English is a stress-timed language?
• How do we use thought groups to organize our ideas in spoken language? 

Task 1: /lɛts lɝn ə nu ˈfoʊnim/

Your Regional English Accent Variety project is coming soon. Let's start our class today by reviewing a phoneme that only exists in certain regional dialects.

Task 2: /ɛksˈplɔrɪŋ strɛs ænd ˈrɪðm̩ ɪn ˈsɛntɛnsɪz/

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Reference: 

Celce-Murcia, M., Brinton, D., & Goodwin, J. (1996). Teaching Pronunciation: A Refernece for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Cambridge University Press.