INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 1 200 LEVEL, SECOND SEMESTER LECTURER: AKPATI, C. FRANKLIN SAMULE ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY, OGWA, EDO STATE Email: akpatichibuzor@yahoo.com

1. Introduction Intonation refers to the pitch change in an utterance i.e the way in which the voice goes up and down when we speak

2. OBJECTIVES Expose the students to different concepts in phonetics Ensure students articulate phonetic sounds correctly

3. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course exposes students to basic concepts in phonetics and phonology. It helps students to have a proper understanding of what these concepts are. The goal of this course is to teach students and make them have linguistic competence of the language.

4. COURSE OUTLINE WEEK 1: Intonation (what is intonation?, intonational types/patterns, uses of intonation WEEK 2: English syllable (syllabic structure) WEEK 3: Stress in English (word stress, sentence stress) WEEK 4: Labialisation and palatalisation WEEK 5: Aspiration and Dentalisation WEEK 6: Syllabification and velarisation WEEK 7: Foot and Tone group

5. COURSE OUTLINE CONT. WEEK 8: Transcription (Phonemic and phoetic/broad WEEK 9: Allophones WEEK 10: Revision Week 11 – WEEK 12: Exams WEEK 13: Marking and uploading of results COURSE ASSESSMENT Attendance …………….. 5% Test …………………………. 15% Assignment …………….. 10% Examination ……………. 70% Total ………………………… 100%

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