nglish Pronunciation for Comunication A Practical Course for Students of English By Wang guizhen Faculty of English Language Culture Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
English Pronunciation for Communication A Practical Course for Students of English By Wang Guizhen Faculty of English Language & Culture Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Stressed words unstressed Words in a Sentence What is a syllable a word part and the basic unit of English rhythm What is a stressed syllable a NAAAA na Syllable Syllable Syllable 3 shoK Cong (short)
Stressed Words & Unstressed Words in a Sentence What is a syllable? A word part and the basic unit of English rhythm What is a stressed syllable? ba NAAAA na Syllable 1 Syllable 2 Syllable 3 (short) (long) (short)
Stressed syllables Unstressed Syllables Stressed syllables are strong syllables Unstressed syllables are weak syllables Stressed syllables are long have a pitch change have full vowel sounds Unstressed syllables are short a often have a reduced vowel sound
Stressed Syllables & Unstressed Syllables Stressed syllables are strong syllables. Unstressed syllables are weak syllables. Stressed syllables: ◼ are long ◼ have a pitch change ◼ have full vowel sounds. Unstressed syllables: ◼ are short ◼ often have a reduced vowel sound
Fig 9: England was at war with America. (By non-native speaker of English) Fig 10: England was at war with America. (By native speaker of English)
Fig 9: England was at war with America. (By non-native speaker of English) Fig 10: England was at war with America. (By native speaker of English)
Strong and weak syllables The vowel in a weak syllable tends to be shorter, of lower intensity and different in quality father: the second syllable is shorter than the first is less loud and has a yowel that cannot occur in strong syllables bottle the weak second syllable contains no vowel at all, but consists entirely of the consonant //. We call this a syllabic consonant
Strong and weak syllables ◼ The vowel in a weak syllable tends to be shorter, of lower intensity and different in quality. ◼ ‘father’: the second syllable is shorter than the first, is less loud and has a vowel that cannot occur in strong syllables. ◼ ‘bottle’: the weak second syllable contains no vowel at all, but consists entirely of the consonant /l/. We call this a syllabic consonant