- •Теоретическая фонетика английского языка (на английском языке)
- •Contents
- •Введение
- •I. Phonetics as a Branch of Linguistics Outline
- •1.1. Phonetics Among Other Parts of Language
- •1.2. Vocal Mechanism
- •1.3. Branches of Phonetics
- •Sphere of Application of Phonetics
- •1.4. Aspects of Speech Sounds. Units of Phonetics
- •1.5. Methods of Investigation Used in Phonetics
- •Questions
- •II. Phoneme as a unit of language Outline
- •2.1. The Phoneme Theory in Russia and other countries
- •2.2. Definition of the phoneme and its functions
- •2.3. Types of allophones and the main features of the phoneme
- •2.4. Methods of the phonemic analysis
- •2.5. Main phonological schools
- •Questions
- •III. Regional and stylistic varieties of English pronunciation Outline
- •3.1. Pronunciation Standard of British English
- •3.2. Styles of Pronunciation
- •3.3. Classification of pronunciation variants in English. British English
- •3.1. Pronunciation Standard of British English
- •3.2. Styles of Pronunciation
- •3.3. Classification of pronunciation variants in English. British English
- •British English
- •Scotland
- •Ireland
- •Questions
- •IV. The English Articulation Bases Outline
- •4.1. Differences in the articulation bases of English and Russian vowels
- •4.2. Differences in the articulation bases of English and Russian consonants
- •4.1. Differences in the articulation bases of English and Russian vowels
- •4.2. Differences in the articulation bases of English and Russian consonants
- •Questions
- •V. American-Based Pronunciation Standards of English. American English Outline
- •5.1. The Problem of the American Pronunciation Standard
- •5.2. The Principal Features of the American Pronunciation Standard
- •5.1. The Problem of the American Pronunciation Standard
- •5.2. The Principal Features of the American Pronunciation Standard
- •Questions
- •VI. The English Vowels Outline
- •6.1. General Principals of vowel formation
- •6.2. The English Vowel System
- •6.3. The Diphthong theory
- •6.1. General Principals of vowel formation
- •6.2. The English Vowel System
- •6.3. The Diphthong theory
- •Questions
- •VII. The English Consonants Outline
- •7.1. General Principles of Consonant Formation
- •7.2. The English Consonant System
- •7.3. The problem of affricates
- •7.1. General Principles of Consonant Formation
- •7.2. The English Consonant System
- •7.3. The problem of affricates
- •Questions
- •VIII. Modifications of Phonemes in Connected Speech Outline
- •8.1. The Phenomenon of Adaptation.
- •8.2. English Vowels in Connected Speech.
- •8.3. English Consonants in Connected Speech.
- •8.1. The Phenomenon of Adaptation
- •8.2. English Vowels in Connected Speech
- •8.3. English Consonants in Connected Speech
- •Questions
- •IX. Alternations of speech sounds in English Outline
- •9.1. The notion of alternation and its types
- •9.2. Contextual alternations in English
- •9.1. The notion of alternation and its types
- •1) Vowel Alternations
- •2) Consonant Alternations
- •9.2. Contextual alternations in English
- •Questions
- •X. The syllabic structure in English Outline
- •10.1. Principal theories on syllable formation and division
- •10.2. The structure and functions of syllables in English
- •10.1. Theories on syllable formation and division
- •10.2. The structure and functions of syllables in English
- •Questions
- •XI. Rhythmical and Syntactic Structure of Connected speech Outline
- •11.1. Different theories of Rhythmical and Syntactic Structure of Connected speech
- •11.2. The functions of syntagm
- •11.3. Syntactic content of syntagm
- •11.1. Different theories of Rhythmical and Syntactic Structure of Connected speech
- •11.2. The functions of syntagm
- •11.3. Syntactic content of syntagms
- •Questions
- •XII. Word stress in English Outline
- •12.1. Nature of word stress and its functions
- •12.2. Place of word stress in English. Degrees of stress
- •12.1. Nature of word stress and its functions
- •12.2. Place of word stress in English. Degrees of stress
- •Questions
- •XIII. Sentence Stress Outline
- •13.1. Notion of sentence stress. Degrees of sentence stress
- •13.2. Functions of sentence stress
- •13.1. Notion of sentence stress. Degrees of sentence stress
- •13.2. Function of sentence stress
- •XIV. Intonation in English Outline
- •14.1. Intonation: definition, approaches, functions
- •14.2. Components of intonation and the structure of English tone-group
- •14.1. Intonation: approaches, definitions, functions
- •Questions
- •14.2. Components of intonation and the structure of English intonation group
- •Questions
- •Список использованной литературы
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2.5. Main phonological schools
Let us consider the phrase [на лугу кос нет] and words [вАлы], [сАма]. Logically, there can only be three answers to the question: which phonemes are represented by the consonant sound [c] in [кос] and by the vowel sound [А] in [вАлы]:
M (1) If [кос] and [вАлы] are grammatical forms of the words коза and вол respectively, then the consonant [c] represents phoneme /з/, while the vowel [А] is an allophone of the phoneme /o/. If [кос] and [вАлы] are grammatical forms of the words коса and вал respectively, then the consonant [c] belongs to the phoneme /с/, while the vowel [А] should be assigned to the phoneme /а/.
SP (2) The consonant [c] in [кос] belongs to the phoneme Id no matter whether it is a form of коза or that of коса, while the vowel [А] in [вАлы] represents the phoneme /a/ no matter whether it is a form of вол or that of вал.
P (3) The consonant [c] represents neither phoneme /з/, nor phoneme /с/, while the vowel [А] in [вАлы] does not belong either to the phoneme /a/ or to the phoneme /о/.
Since there are three possible answers to the above questions, there are three schools of thought on the problem of identifying phonemes.
Those linguists who give the first answer belong to the so-called morphological (Moscow phonological) school (R.I. Avanesov, V.N. Sidorov, P.S. Kuznetsov, A.A. Reformatsky, and N.F. Yakovlev). The exponents of this school maintain that two different phonemes in different allomorphs of the same morpheme may be represented on the synchronic level by one and the same sound, which is their common variant and, consequently, one and the same sound may belong to one phoneme in one word and to another phoneme in another word.
In order to decide to which phoneme the sounds in a phonologically weak (neutral) position belong, it is necessary to find another allomorph of the same morpheme in which the phoneme occurs in the strong position, i.e. one in which it retains all its distinctive features. The strong position of a Russian consonant phoneme is that before a vowel sound of the same word, whereas the strong position of a vowel phoneme is that under stress. The consonant [c] in кос belongs to the phoneme /с/ because in the strong position in such allomorphs of the same morpheme as in коса, косы the phoneme is definitely /с/. In коз the same sound [c] is a variant of the phoneme /з/ because in the strong position, as in коза, козы, the phoneme is definitely /з/. The vowel [А] in валы is an allophone of the phoneme /a/ because the phoneme occurs in the strong position in вал while the same vowel [А] in волы is a variant of the phoneme /o/ because this phoneme is found in the strong position in вол.
According to this school of thought, the neutral vowel sound in original should be assigned to the English phoneme // because this phoneme occurs in the strong position in such word as origin.
The second school of thought, originated by L.V. Shcherba, advocates the autonomy of the phoneme and its independence from the morpheme. Different allomorphs of a morpheme may differ from each other on the synchronic level not only in their allophonic, but also in their phonemic composition. According to the Leningrad (Petersburg) phonological school (L.V. Shcherba, L.R. Zinder, M.I. Matusevich), speech sounds in a phonologically neutral position belong to that phoneme with whose principal variant they completely or nearly coincide. Thus, the sound [c] in [кос] should be assigned to the phoneme /с/ because it fully coincides with the latter's principal variant, which is free from the influence of neighboring speech sounds. The vowel [А] in [вАлы] should be assigned to the phoneme /a/ because it nearly coincides with the latter's principal variant [a]. The vowel [ъ] in [въдАвос] does not even resemble either [o] or [a] or [А] but it is still assigned to the /a/ phoneme because both /o/ and /a/ are reduced to [ъ].
According to the third school of thought, there exist types of phonemes higher than the unit phoneme. Different linguists call them differently. One of the terms for them introduced by Prague Linguistic Circle, namely by N.S. Trubetskoy and R. Jacobson, is archiphoneme. According to them, the archiphoneme is a combination of distinctive features common to two phonemes. Thus each of the speech sounds [c], [з] represents the phonemes /c/, /з/. These two phonemes differ from each other only in matter of voice, while both of them possess the other two distinctive features: (1) fore-lingual (2) fricative articulation. These two features together constitute the archiphoneme to which both [c] and [з] belong. This archiphoneme is, therefore, neither voiceless nor voiced. It designated by Russian capital letter C. The sound [c] in [кос] in both На лугу кос нет and На лугу коз нет belongs to this archiphoneme and not to the phoneme /c/ or /з/.
The phoneme /а/ and /о/ belong to archiphoneme which is realized in the sound [A], as in [вАлы] meaning both валы and волы.