The orphoepic norm of english (rp) and its types

The conditions for a variety of English pronunciation to be accepted as the orthoepic norm are

1. recognition of the fact that RP has the “prestige accent”; the presence of factors that encourage standardization of pronunciation.

2. Registering/recording the well-established variants of pronunciation by the pronouncing dictionariesWide currency, conformity to the main phonetic tendencies, social acceptability.

3. Intolerance of dialectal pronunciation and variants of non-standard pronunciation; a non-regional character of pronunciation.

All the national types of English pronunciation have many features in common because they are of common origin. At the same time, they have a varying number of differences due to the new conditions of their development after separation from British English and to the degree of their connection with British English after that separation.

At present, there may be distinguished the following types of cultivated English:

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   • Different approaches to the problem of phoneme. The definition of phoneme
   • The notions of phoneme and allophone. Functions of phoneme (7)
   • The definition of intonation. Componentes of intonation. Structural and functional approaches to the problem of its components (28)
   • Sentence accentuation
   • The difference between rp and ga in the system of vowels and consonants (4)
   • Phonological and non-phonological features in the system of english consonants (10)
   • Presence or absence of voice:
   • Position of the soft palate and the velum:
   • 10. Практическая часть
   • Territorial and social differences in the pronunciation of english in different countries (1)
   • The notion of interference. Prerequisites for phonetic interference (segmental level) (12)
   • Phonetic basis. Articulatory basis: static and dynamic approaches
   • Intonational (prosodic) basis.
   • Principal and subsidiary variants of english phonemes
   • Principle;
   • Subsidiary.
   • The definition of prosody. Functions of prosody (29)
   • Structural function
   • Social function
   • Aesthetic
   • Stylistic
   • Phonological and non-phonological features in the system of english vowels (11)
   • Stability of articulation:
   • 11. Практическая часть
   • The difference between rp and ga in the pronunctiation (word-stress, prosody (5)
   • Social variations in english pronunciation. Social factors and phonetic markers
   • Functions of intonation
   • The orphoepic norm of english (rp) and its types
   • Southern English Pronunciation, or rp;
   • Northern English Pronunciation;
   • Standard Scottish Pronunciation.
   • Intonation and prosody. The correlation between these notions