Typology of Phonetic/ Phonological Systems

Of the English and Ukrainian languages

POINTS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Typological constants of the phonetic/ phonological and prosodic levels.

2. Quantitative and qualitative characteristics in the system of vowels of the contrasted languages.

3. Binary and group oppositions of vowels in English and Ukrainian.

4. Labilization, nasalization and mutation of vowels in the contrasted languages.

5. Quantitative and the main qualitative characteristics of English and Ukrainian consonants. Isomorphisms and allomorphisms in the articulation and palatalization of consonants in English and Ukrainian.

6. Assimilation of consonants in English and Ukrainian.

7. Oppositions vs. historical/ traditional correlations in the system of English and Ukrainian vowels and consonants.

8. Binary, multiple and group oppositions in the system of consonants of the contrasted languages.

9. P. Menzerath’s parallelogram and the study of syllables in different languages. Principles and rules of syllabification in the contrasted languages.

10. Common and divergent structural types of syllables in English vs. Ukrainian.

11. Word-stress and its functions in English and Ukrainian.

12. Utterance stress and utterance intonation in English vs. Ukrainian.

13. Isomorphisms and allomorphisms in the system of speech tones in English and Ukrainian.

Materials to Use.

1. Ilko V.Korunets. Contrastive typolog … pp.18-52 Exercises I-XI, pp. 52-54.

Аракин. Сравнительная типология английского и русского языков. Л.: 1979. Стр. 68-98 (гл.4).

3. Жовтобрюх О.М., Кулик Б.М. Курс сучасної української мови (розділ «Фонетика»)

SEMINAR III

Typology of Lexical Systems of the English and Ukrainian languages

POINTS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Typological constants of the lexical level.

2. Factors facilitating the typological study of lexicon.

3. The semantic structure of words in the contrasted languages.

4. Means of nomination in English and Ukrainian.

5. Types of motivation in the contrasted languages.

6. Principles of typological classification of lexicon.

7. Socially, stylistically and functionally distinguishable classes of lexicon.

8. Lexico-stylistic classes of words.

9. Isomorphic and allomorphic types of word-formation in the contrasted languages.

10. Typology of idiomatic and set expressions.

Materials to Use.

1. Korunets I.V. Contrastive Typology…. pр. 55-82. Ex. pp. 79-82.

2. В.Д. Аракин. Сравнительная типология… Глава 7.

3. В.А.Жовтобрюх, Б.М.Кулик. Курс сучасної української літературної мови… (розділ «Лексика»).

SEMINAR IV

Typology of Morphological Systems of the English and Ukrainian languages

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