LIN2110

Phonetics and phonology

Proposed to be offered next in 2000

Heather Bowe

8 points - 3 hours per week - First semester - Clayton

Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should have developed an understanding of the nature of speech sounds and to help them acquire a consistent reference framework for the study and optimal description of the sound system of particular languages.

Synopsis This subject comprises: (a) articulatory phonetics - an introduction to the principles of articulatory phonetics; the description and classification of speech sounds, and the International Phonetic Alphabet; (b) acoustic phonetics - an introduction to the acoustic analysis of speech sounds; the physical properties of speech sounds and their measurement, spectrographic and mingographic analysis; (c) phonology - an introduction to the principles of phonological analysis and issues in phonological theory; phonological processes, phonemic analysis, phonological naturalness, rules and redundancy.

Assessment Written assignments (3000 words): 40% - Class test (2 hours): 50% - Practical work/laboratory work/tutorial participation: 10%

Prescribed texts

Ladefoged P A course in phonetics 3rd edn, HBJ, 1993

Recommended texts

Carr P Phonology Macmillan, 1993

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