Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics (LASC11031)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | An intensive introduction to phonetics and phonology. It presupposes no background in these fields but recognises that many students will have some familiarity with some of the ideas and terminology. It devotes considerable attention to practical problems (transcription, interpretation of instrumental records) that will be relevant for the areas covered by the participating MSc programmes. It is explicitly not restricted to the phonology and phonetics of English. |
| Course description |
WEEK 1
Lecture: Introduction to the course; articulatory phonetics; the IPA.
Reading: Hayes (2009) chapter 1
Assignment: Exploring the sounds of the world's languages
WEEK 2
Lecture: Acoustic Phonetics 1 / sound; the waveform; periodicty; segmentation
Reading: Ladefoged, A course in phonetics, chapter 8
Assignment: Practical on the Praat software and on segmentation
WEEK 3
Lecture: Acoustic Phonetics 2 / spectrum; spectrogram; spectral features of vowels
Reading: Turk, Sugahara & Nakai (2006)
Assignment: Practical on measuring formants
WEEK 4
Lecture: Acoustic Phonetics 3 / Spectral features of consonants
Reading: Remijsen, Ayoker & Mills (2011)
Assignment: Exercises on interpreting spectrograms
WEEK 5
Lecture: Phonology 1 / the phoneme and the allophonic range
Reading: Hayes (2009) chapters 2 and 3
Assignment: Exercises on phonemes and allophones
WEEK 6
Lecture: Phonology 2 / Features; natural classes; phonological rules
Reading: Hayes (2009) chapter 4
Assignment: Exercises on features, natural classes and rules
WEEK 7
Lecture: In-class test
Reading: Liljencrants & Lindblom (1972)
WEEK 8
Lecture: Phonology 3 / Features; natural classes; phonological rules
Reading: Hayes (2009) chapters 13
Assignment: More exercises on phonological rules
WEEK 9
Lecture: Phonology and phonetics 1 / Autosegmental theory; tone
Reading: "Tone" in Oxford Research Encyclopedia
Assignment: Practical on tone
WEEK 10
Lecture: Phonology a phonetics 2 / Prosodic domain structure; intonation
Reading: Hayes (2009) chapter 14
Assignment: Practical on prominence and prosodic domains
WEEK 11
Lecture: Q&A session; further topics tba
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Introduction to Phonology (LASC11089)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
75 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Class Test (30%) and one Project (70%)
Class test: in class, week 7
Return Date: 3 weeks after test sat
Project: made available on Monday 30 of November; submission deadline is Monday 14th December 2015, 12 noon
Word Limit: 3000 words
Return Date: 19th January 2016
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| Feedback |
The feedback comments provided on weekly exercises will help to prepare students for the two assessments. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- understand the articulatory phonetic taxonomy of speech sounds
- develop expertise in acoustic analysis, including re. the interpretation of spectral data
- understand fundamental phonological concepts (e.g. contrast, allophonic variation, alternation, neutralisation, processes)
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Reading List
Hayes, Bruce (2009). Introductory phonology. Wiley Blackwell.
Ladefoged, Peter (1993 [third edition] OR 2001 [fourth edition]). A course in phonetics. Harcourt Brace.
Liljencrants, J. and Lindblom, B. (1972). Numerical simulations of vowel quality systems: the role of perceptual contrasts. Language 48, 839-862.
Remijsen, Bert, Otto Gwado Ayoker & Timothy Mills (2011). Shilluk. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 41(1), 131-145.
Turk, Alice, Satsuki Nakai & Mariko Sugahara (2006). Acoustic segment durations in prosodic research: a practical guide. In Sudhoff, Stefan, Denisa Lenertová, Roland Meyer, Sandra Pappert, Petra Augurzky,Ina Mleinek, Nicole Richter & Johannes Schliesser (eds): Methods in Empirical Prosody Research. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter (= Language, Context, and Cognition, 3), 1-28. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Through this skills, students will develop skill in qualitatitive analysis of unfamiliar language data, and also practical expertise, particularly with respect to acoustic analysis and transcription of speech. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Albert Remijsen
Tel: (0131 6)50 6657
Email: b.remijsen@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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