Prof John Wells_'Summing Up: Dynamic Articulatory Descriptions, Intonation, Pronunciation Models...'

Professor Emeritus John C. Wells, former President of the International Phonetic Association (IPA) (2003-2007), gives a 'Summing Up' lecture of the University College London Summer Course in English Phonetics (UCL SCEP) 2006 under the following themes: 'From static to dynamic', 'Perception to production', 'Dynamic articulatory descriptions', 'Words in context', 'Intonation: tonality, tonicity, tone', 'Pronunciation models' and 'Future plans'. Keywords: phonetics, pronunciation, vocal organs, vowels, consonants, VPM (voiceless/voiced, place of articulation, manner of articulation), connected speech, ear training, vowel contrast, consonant contrast, nonsense words (invented phonetic sequences for ear training), stress pattern, intonation pattern, articulatory gymnastics, phonotactics, English as a foreign/second language, initial/medial/final consonant clusters, L vocalization, glottal stop, spelling-to-sound, homograph, strong vowel/weak vowel, International Phonetic Association (IPA), approach/hold /release, strong form/weak form, content word (lexical item)/function word (grammatical item), linking r, intrusive r, elision, assimilation, syllabic consonant, compression, allophonic effect, stress shift, intonation, Tonality, Tonicity, Tone, compound stress, tense, polarity, focus, accenting/deaccenting, new information/old information, Nucleus placement, English as an international language, aspiration, Scandinavian languages, Spanish, German, Russian, Polish, Greek, Turkish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, British and American differences. References: Jenkins, J. (2000) The Phonology of English as an International Language: new models, new norms, new goals Oxford University Press. Ortiz-Lira, H. (1995) "Nucleus Placement in English and Spanish: a pilot study of patterns of interference" in Windsor-Lewis, J. (ed) _Studies in General and English Phonetics: Essays in Honour of J. D. O'Connor_. Routledge. Wells, John C. (1982) Accents of English (3 volumes) Cambridge University Press. Wells, John C. (1990, 2000 and 2008) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary Pearson Education.