Course: Practical Phonetics - Orthoepy 1

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Course title Practical Phonetics - Orthoepy 1
Course code KBH/CFOR1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pořízka Petr, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kopečková Michaela, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Vocalic articulation; vocalic quantity 2) Palatal consonants Ď, Ť, Ň; combinations DI/TI/NI vs. DY/TY/NY; DĚ/TĚ/NĚ 3) Voiced and voiceless consonants; sonorants 4) Consonants H and CH; pronunciation of Czech sibilants S/Z, Š/Ž, C/Č 5) Pronunciation of Czech consonant R - practice; R vs. L; consonant J 6) Postalveolar consonant Ř - practice; voiced and voiceless Ř 7) Voicing assimilation - rules for voiced and voiceless consonants + sonorants; glottal stop 8) Word stress in Czech - words and word combinations (prepositions, clitics) 9) Syllabic consonants R a L; consonants groups 10) Intonation - realization of cadence in Czech sentences; melody in sentence 11) Tongue Twisters 12) Reading - specific texts to practice difficult features 13) Specific phonetic features in Czech dialects

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to interconnect the knowledge of phonetics and orthoepy and show the practical use of both disciplines in language communication, primarily in the work with spoken language. Topics: the sound system of the Czech language; orthoepic principles of vowels; orthoepic principles of consonants and consonantal groups; accommodation and assimilation in contemporary Czech; timing ("word") accent - its character and function; phonetic (prosodic) aspects of continuous speech; basic intonation patterns of literary Czech and their functions.
Basic knowledge of the Czech pronunciation principles of segmental and suprasegmental phonetic features.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of linguistic

attendance (min. 80%) short speech (free topic)
Recommended literature
  • Bednaříková, B. a kol. (2017). Flip (your) Teaching! 2: Učíme (se) česky 2 (Modul Classroomwork II: procvičujeme výslovnost). Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • HŮRKOVÁ, J. (1995). Česká výslovnostní norma.. Praha: Scientia.
  • Karlík, P. - Nekula, M. - Pleskalová, J. (eds.). Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny online. Dostupné z https://www.czechency.org/.
  • Krčmová, M. (2008). Fonetika a fonologie ? interaktivní elektronická verze skript. Dostupné z http://is.muni.cz/do/1499/el/estud/ff/js08/fonetika/ucebnice/index.html.
  • KUČERA, H. (1961). The Phonology of Czech.. Gravenhage: Mouton & Co.
  • LUKAVSKÝ, R. Kultura mluveného slova. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2000..
  • Palková, Z. (1994). Fonetika a fonologie češtiny. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Palková, Z. (1989). Základní kurz české výslovnosti pro cizince. Praha.
  • Pokorná, J., & Vránová, M. (2007). Přehled české výslovnosti: logopedická a ortoepická cvičení pro dospělé. Praha: Portál.
  • Zeman, J. (2008). Základy české ortoepie. Hradec Králové.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech for Foreigners (2019) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech for Foreigners (2024) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter