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| Post Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies |
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| UNIT 412-3: PHONETICS |
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What is the subject matter of phonetics and what are its different branches? |
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Write short notes on the following: waves, cycles, frequency, amplitude, timber. |
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Distinguish between: |
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(a) pitch and frequency,
(b) loudness, intensity and amplitude,
(c) quality and timber. |
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What is resonance? What are filters? Describe their role in the production of speech sounds. |
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Describe the organs of speech. Illustrate with suitable diagrams. What roles do these organs play in the production speech? |
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What are the different airstream mechanisms and how do they interact with the various states of the glottis to produce speech sounds? |
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What is a syllable? Describe two different theories of the syllable, their strengths and shortcomings? |
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How is a syllable structured? What are its different parts? What is the difference between open and closed syllables? |
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| 412.3.10: REFERENCES |
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Bloch, B. & G.L. Trager. 1942. Outline of Linguistic Analysis. Baltimore: LSA
Special Publications; Waverley Press.
International Phonetic Association. 1949. Principles of the International Phonetics
Association. Rev. ed. London: IPA
Ladefoged, P. 1982. A Course in Phonetics. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Malmberg, B. 1963. Phonetics. New York: Dover Publications Inc.
Stetson, R.H. 1951. Motor Phonetics. A Study of Speech Movements in Action.
Amsterdam.
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| 412.3.11: FURTHER READINGS |
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Abercrombie, D. 1967. Elements of General Phonetics. Aldine: New York.
Chomsky, N. & M. Halle. 1968. The Sound Patten of English. New York: Harper & Row.
Denes, P. & E. N. Pinson. The Speech Chain. New York: Anchor Books.
Fry, D. B. 1979. The Physics of Speech. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
O' Connor, J. D. 1973. Phonetics. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Pike, K. L. 1943. Phonetics. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
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Dr. Gautam Sengupta
University of Hyderabad |
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