LIN2110

Phonetics and phonology

Peter Paul and Laura Tollfree

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

Objectives To develop in students 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 (2000 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