English phonetics

Theme: The Syllabic Structure of English.
1. What is a syllable?
What functions of the syllables do we distinguish?

2. What principles do we use in the classification of syllables?

What types of syllables exist in English (Uzbek and Russian)?

3. What theories of syllable formation and syllable division exist in modem linguistics? How did the ancient theory explain a syllable? Explain the expiratory theory of a syllable.

4.What principle was suggested by the sonority theory of a syllable? Explain F. de Soussure's syllable theory.

5.Explain the syllable theory suggested by L.V. Shcherba? What is the peak of the syllable? Give the phonological definition of a syllable.

6. What consonants are syllabic in English?

What consonant clusters may form separate syllables? Explain the contrast syllable vs. no - syllable.

6.What is a juncture and what types of juncture do we distinguish? Is syllable division distinctive in English? Give examples.

Theme: Word Stress.

1. What is word stress? What does the term accentual structure (type, pattern) mean? How is word stress defined from the articulatory point of view, acoustically and perceptually?

2. What types of word stress are distinguished by its position? What differences exist between English, Russian and Uzbek word stress depending on its position?

3. How many degrees of word stress are distinguished in English? What is the opinion of British and American linguists concerning the degrees of English word stress?

4. Why is the semantic factor important in English word stress?

5. How do you explain the morphological factor of word stress?

6. What is a rhythmical stress? Why is rhythmic accentual

structure regarded a component of the phonetic structure of a word Give examples.

7. What changes are taking place in present-day English word accentuation?

How do you define free variation of accentual patterns? Give examples.

8.What functions does word stress perform? Give examples.

9. Give minimal pairs, illustrating the contrast between primary and weak word-accentemes. Is a delimitative function of word stress important in English?

10. Are there any stress alternations in English word derivation? Give examples.

What accentual patterns of English words are distinguished? What is the I-st (И, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII) accentual pattern?