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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences : Language Sciences

Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics (LASC11031)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryAn 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 This course will give students a broad understanding of:
- speech sounds: their production, transcription and acoustic characteristics;
- interpretation of spectrograms and instrumental records of speech;
- phonological distributions, rules and representations;
- common phonological processes (with examples from English and other world languages)
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Introduction to Phonology (LASC11089)
Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 11, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 76 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Class test (30%) and project (70%)
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:
  1. understand the articulatory phonetic taxonomy of speech sounds
  2. develop expertise in acoustic analysis, including re. the interpretation of spectral data
  3. develop practical skills in phonetic transcription
  4. understand fundamental phonological concepts (e.g. contrast, allophonic variation, alternation, neutralisation)
Reading List
Zsiga, Elisabeth. The sounds of language (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)

Ladefoged, Peter and Keith Johnson. A Course In Phonetics, 6th ed. (Cengage, 2011)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Through this skills, students will develop skill in qualitative analysis of unfamiliar language data, and also practical expertise, particularly with respect to acoustic analysis and transcription of speech.
Keywordsphonology,phonetics,speech sounds,phonological processes
Contacts
Course organiserDr Rebekka Puderbaugh
Tel:
Email: r.puderbaugh@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk
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