Ministry of higher and secondary special education of the republic uzbekistan state world languages university

The accentis a relative prominence of a particular syllable of a word by greater intensity or by variation or modulation of pitch or tone.

Rhythm is the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in accentual verse or of long and short syllables in quantitative verse.

Pysiological-acousticis a branch of acoustics that studies the structure and branch function of the sound-detecting and sound-forming organs of man andanimals.

Obstruent is a speech sound such as [k], [d͡ʒ], or [f] that is formed by obstructing airflow.

 Sonorant or Resonant is a speech sound that is produced with continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; these are the manners of articulation that are most often voiced in the world's languages.

Unroundedis a type of vowel sound that occurs in most spoken languages, represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by the symbol.

Mid vowelsThe defining characteristic of a mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned midway between an open vowel and a close vowel. 

Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages.

Linguistic prosody is concerned with those elements of speech that are not individual phonetic segments (vowels and consonants) but are properties of syllables and larger units of speech.

The nasalcavity is a large air filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face. Each cavity is the continuation of one of the two nostrils.


Seminar 3
Typology of phonetic and phonological level of English, Uzbek and Russian Languages

►Classroom activities

Exercise#1. Brainstorming. Give your own understanding and opinions concerning to following terms. Discuss it in 10 or 12 minutes.