SUPRASEGMENTAL PHONOLOGICAL UNITS IN LINGUODIDACTIC TRAINING OF FUTURE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHERS

Abstract

This publication examines linguistic and linguodidactic sources on the study and mastery of suprasegmental phonetic units, including stress, intonation, pauses, and prosody. The research is conducted using methods of analysis, synthesis, and comparison. The acoustic, perceptual, and functional characteristics of these suprasegmental features are explored. It is revealed that in the field of linguodidactics, the information regarding suprasegmental phonetic elements is often simplified, with limited consideration given to the theoretical and methodological foundations of prosody and intonation. Furthermore, the connection between these suprasegmental features and the accentual subsystem of phonetics is not consistently traced.The content of the case study titled “Suprasegmental Phonetic Units in the Methodological System of Teaching Phonetics to Future Ukrainian Literature Teachers” has been developed and made open for discussion, critical analysis, and enhancement within the interactive technology of the “Linguodidactic Studio”. The content of the case study aims at facilitating a comprehensive understanding of the linguistic material concerning the suprasegmental level of language, which represents both prosody and intonation and is viewed differently by researchers. The linguistic units at this level include accentemes, prosodemes, and intonemes. It has been observed that in spoken language, accentemes correlate with stress, while prosodemes and intonemes correlate with stress, tempo, timbre, rhythm, tone, melody, loudness, and pauses. Considering this, the case study includes research on the interconnectedness of the accentual system of the Ukrainian language with intonation and prosody, as well as the influence of stress on the functioning of a combination of prosodic and intonational components that overlay segmental phonetic units such as sounds, syllables, consonant clusters, rhythmic structures, phrases, and sentences. Through an analysis of the locational sphere of intonation (phrase segments) and prosody (all speech segments, from syllables to text), their relationship has been clarified. It is argued that suprasegmental units in linguodidactics can be studied within the structure of the accentological sub-level.
 Keywords: Suprasegmental Units of Phonetics; Stress; Prosody; Intonation; Accentological Sublevel; Teacher-Wordist; Linguistic Case; “Linguodidactic Studies”.