Глосарій до курсу "Теоретична фонетика англійської мови"

1. Verbal communication -the process of transmitting a verbal message from a sender/speaker to a receiver/listener, through a channel/medium using a code (language).
2. Language - a code in verbal communication.
3. Speech - a process of using language for communication.
4. Discourse - a continuous stretch of speech, a product of using language for communication.
5. Language skills - listening, speaking, reading, writing.
6. Language resources - phonology, vocabulary, grammar.
7. Pronunciation - phonic shaping of oral form of language/discourse.
8. Pronunciation - the entity of discourse features relating to the SOUND SYSTEM of a language, the SYLLABIC STRUCTURE, WORD-STRESS/LEXICAL STRESS, and INTONATION.
9. Speech - an activity carried on by communicators who use language in communicating.
10. Language - a code which is known and shared by speakers who use their knowledge for creating, transmitting and interpreting verbal messages.
11. Sound matter (звуковa матерія) / Phonic substance - a combination of four components: the segmental/phonemic component, the syllabic structure of words both in citation forms and in utterances, word/lexical stress.