English Phonetics and Phonology

Welcome to the course page of English Phonetics and Phonology!

Teachers: Radek Skarnitzl (room No. 13) & Pavel Šturm (room No. 12)

Important information

  • Partial course results are available in the SIS.
  • MS Teams is used for course assignments. After submitting the seminar work, please check Teams regularly for our feedback – Teams does not send notifications!!
  • Course syllabi and literature: winter semester, summer semester single-subject and double-subject students
Lecture topics (winter semester 2026/27)

October 5: phonetics – introduction, subdivision, applications
October 12: communication, segmental units
— speech organs — (self-study!)
October 19: vowels (monophthongs)
October 26: diphthongs
November 2: consonants generally, voicing and the fortis-lenis distinction
November 9: plosives
November 23: fricatives and affricates
November 30: approximants and nasals
December 7: assimilation and coarticulation
December 14: elision
January 4: syllable

Lecture topics (summer semester 2025/26)

February 16: linking
February 23: intonation – introduction, form of intonation (prosodic phrase, nuclear pitch patterns)
March 2: intonation – functions I
March 9: intonation – functions II
March 16: weak syllables I
March 23: weak syllables II
April 13: weak forms of grammatical words
April 20: word stress (simple words)
     NB: stress in complex words (derivatives and compounds) is left for self-study
April 27: rhythm of speech I
May 4: rhythm of speech II
May 18: prosody recapitulation + Q&A

Winter semester 2026-2027 deadlines

November 4
 Test 1 (Speech organs)
November 12 vowel recording upload sound into Teams
November 18 Progress check 1 (Transcription Assignment) transcription of phonemes (upload document into Teams)
December 2 Progress check 2 (Listening Assignment) evaluation of your /æ/ vowels (upload TextGrid into Teams)
December 16 dental fricative recording upload sound into Teams
January 6 Test 2 (Phoneme parameters)
December 22 Listening Assignment submission upload into Teams as DOC(X) or PDF
January 8 Transcription Assignment submission upload Sound and TextGrid into Teams

 

Summer semester 2025-2026 deadlines

March 6 linking recording upload sound into Teams
April 1 intonation recording upload sound into Teams
April 21 Transcription assignment submission
(single-subjects only)		 prediction of linking, stress groups, and phrases
(submit via MS Teams)
April 28 Exam Test 1
(single-subjects only)		 phonemic transcription of connected speech
May 5 Listening assignment submission
(all students)		 realized linking + weak forms (submit via MS Teams)
May 12 Exam Test 2
(single-subjects only)		 allophonic transcription of real speech (GB speaker)

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