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The syllable and the word-stress
1. The concept of syllable and its types.
2. Syllable formation theories.
3. The rules of syllable division.
4. The nature of English word-stress and its degrees.
5. Word-stress tendencies in English.
6. Functions of syllable and word-stress.
LITERATURE:
1. Теоретическая фонетика английского языка: Учеб. для студ. ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. / М.А. Соколова, К.П. Гинтовт, И. С. Тихонова, Р. М. Тихонова. – М.: Высш. школа, 1991. – С. 33-40, 94-112.
2. Васильев В. А. Фонетика английского языка: теоретический курс (на англ. яз.) / В. А.. Васильев. – М.: Высш. шк., 1970. – С.134-154, 229-285.
3. Леонтьева С. Ф. Теоретичская фонетика английского языка: учеб. для студентов вер. и заоч. отд-ний педвузов./ С. Ф.Леонтьева. – 2-е изд., испр. и доп. – М.: Высш. школа, 1988. – С. 167-185.
4. Паращук В. Ю. Теоретична фонетика англійської мови: Навчальний посібник для студентів факультетів іноземних мов./ В. Ю. Паращук. – Вінниця: Нова Книга, 2005. – С. 160-190.
PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENT:
1. Transcribe the following words and divide them into syllables:
Displace, farmer, table, catching, busy, ready, matter, agenda, countless, become, worker, people, scatter, incomprehensible, easy, teacher, fighter, garden, better, little, ago.
2. Mark the stress in the words in bold type:
1. Taxes are not expected to increase.
2. Have you got a permit for that gun?
3. There has been a decrease in the birth rate.
4. The number of the members is expected to decrease.
5. There will be a storm of protest.
6. Every child rebels against authority at some age.
7. Contrast Tom with his sister.
8. The rebels in the hill will never surrender.
9. Contrast makes it look better.
10. An increase in wages isn’t expected this year.
