Programme of Semester One

1.      The Sounds of Language

         - What is Phonetics?

         -Articulatory Phonetics

         -Acoustic Phonetics

         - Auditory Phonetics

2.      Production of Speech Sounds (Articulatory Phonetics)

         - Articulators above the larynx

3.    Vowels and Consonants

        - How do vowels differ from consonants?

        - How Do Vowels differ from Each Other?

        - Cardinal Vowels

4. English Vowels

        - Introduction

          -Short Vowels

         - Long Vowels

        - Diphthongs

       - Thriphthongs