Seminarium: Fonetyka eksperymentalna//Fonologia laboratoryjna [H-SM15-A.N-1S.5] Semestr zimowy 2022/2023
Seminarium licencjackie, grupa nr 1

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The course focuses on the notion of standard and non-standard accent in English (foreign-accented speech in particular) and its bearing on broadly understood human communication, including public discourse, advertising and film. The content of the course will largely be based on the outcome of the most significant perceptual studies, which provide insight into the consequences of non-standard accentedness and the phenomenon of linguistic stereotyping as well as language ideology. The mechanism of employing standard or non-standard variety of English for persuasive purposes will be discussed with the aid of selected films, animated cartoons and TV commercials. Students will be able to undertake their own research into the ways in which phonetics is used in the media to evoke certain associations in the target viewer (listener) and convey meaning. They will learn basic methodology to design and conduct their own perceptual studies.

The main topics to be covered:

1. Attitudes to accented speech

2. Accent credibility and persuasiveness – accents in marketing

3. Accents in animated films (from Disney early cartoons to the latest animated works by various animation companies)

4. Accents in films (native and non-native; authentic and imitated accents)

5. Accents in different types of discourse (e.g. political, religious; foreign-accented English spoken by celebrities)

The course will necessarily introduce the main principles of writing for academic purposes (a BA thesis in particular) in terms of style, structure and content. The students will obtain information regarding how to: search for, locate and acknowledge relevant texts; how to incorporate sources and write a literature review; formulate research questions and hypotheses; select the most suitable methodology for a given purpose (qualitative, quantitative or mixed). They will also learn basic methodology to design and conduct their own perceptual studies.

prezentacja / mini-wykład,

analiza tekstów naukowych,

analiza i dyskusja problemowa na temat źródeł audio-wizualnych,

studium przypadku,

praca w parach/grupach,

referaty studentów

sformułowanie i przedstawienie tematu pracy - do 15 listopada

sporządzenie konspektu pracy i wstępnego stanu badań - do 15 stycznia

przedstawienie pierwszej wersji pierwszego rozdziału - do 10 lutego