Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Phonology (LASC11089)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to the theoretical study of phonology with a focus on English. The course is intended for students who have no previous experience of studying phonology or phonetics. Three main reference dialects will be studied, namely (in order of priority) Standard Southern British English, Standard Scottish English and General American English. Concepts relating to phonological description and analysis will be studied in the context of current linguistic theory (see indicative syllabus). |
| Course description |
Indicative syllabus:
- Phonology vs phonetics.
- English consonants.
- Primary and secondary cardinal vowels.
- Phonemic transcription and broad phonetic transcription of English.
- Phonological distributions.
- Phonological formalisms.
- Vowel systems in different dialects of English.
- Introduction to distinctive feature theory.
- Introduction to representational analysis.
- Syllable structure, sonority and timing.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, 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 18,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
79 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
2 class exams (1.5 hours each, 50% of final mark each) |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- carry out IPA transcriptions of English
- analyse key phonological patterns in different dialects of English
- describe the production of English speech sounds
- describe and analyse English syllable structure
- apply fundamental concepts of representational and rule-based phonological analysis which can be built upon in advanced phonology courses available in semester 2
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Reading List
Giegerich, Heinz. 1992. English phonology: an introduction. Cambridge: C.U.P.
Hayes, Bruce. 2009. Introductory phonology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Knight, Rachel-Anne. 2012. Phonetics: a coursebook. Cambridge: C.U.P. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | phonology |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Michael Ramsammy
Tel: (0131 6)50 3959
Email: M.Ramsammy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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