Undergraduate Course: Advanced Topics in Phonology: 20th Century Phonology (LASC10043)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Language Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A sketch of the main trends in 20th century phonology, covering developments in the notion of the phoneme, the notion of the feature, and the place of morphophonemics and phonetics in phonology. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| After the course students should be able to think critically about the theoretical foundations of certain concepts with which they have been broadly familiar since the beginning of their studies; understand the generative critique of classical phoneme theory and the "abstractness controversy"; and understand the context of the development of Optimality Theory and Laboratory Phonology. |
Assessment Information
| Essay (50%) and final exam (50%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Bob Ladd
Tel: (0131 6)50 3950
Email: bob@ling.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Stephanie Fong
Tel:
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk |
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