Learning Outcomes
The aim of this course is for students
- to know the basic notions of phonetics/Phonology,
- to acquire a correct pronunciation of the French language,
- to know the basic principles of the oral evolution of languages, taking the French language as an example,
- to become capable of developing learning strategies in order to improve the pronunciation of French language.
Course Content (Syllabus)
- Diagnostic assessment of the students’ pronunciation quality
- Elements of phonetics
- Elemens of phonology
- Description of the vocal organs and their role in the formation of sounds
- Taxonomy of the sound of French language
- Writing of oral speech using the international phonetic alphabet
- Applications of the above in history of phonetics, in orthoepy (exercises) and in language didactics.
Additional bibliography for study
Introduction à la linguistique I – La phonétique. http://www.sfu.ca/fren270/phonetique
Phonétique. http://phonetique.free.fr
Anglistik III – English Language and Linguistics – Phonetics and Phonology. http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/ch-2-phonetics-phonology/
Online text2speech Voki. http://voki.com
Straka, G. (1965). Album phonétique. Laval Presses Univ. Laval, Québec.
http://ctlf.ens-lyon.fr/t_voir_fiche.asp?fic=5420_fr_Straka_T01&num=1134
Portail de la linguistique. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portail:Linguistique
Lessard G. (1996).
Introduction à la linguistique française. http://post.queensu.ca/~lessardg/Cours/215/chap2.html
KANEMAN-POUGATCH M. & É. PEDOYA-GUIMBRETIÈRE (1991). Plaisir des sons. Paris, Didier/Alliance française. Coll. Phonétique du français.