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Phonetics and Phonology |
Spring 2001 Wed 5-7:30 PM |
Required Text:
Peter B. Denes and Elliot N. Pinson. 1993. The Speech Chain: The Physics and Biology of Spoken Language. 2nd Edition. Freeman.
Peter Ladefoged. 1993. A Course in Phonetics. (3rd Edition) Peter Ladefoged. Harcourt Brace.
Joseph P. Olive, Alice Greenwood, John Coleman. 1993. Acoustics of American English, A Dynamic Approach. Springer-Verlag.
Stephen R. Anderson. 1985. Phonology in the Twentieth Century. University of Chicago Press.
Approximate Course Schedule:
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DATE |
TOPIC |
READING |
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1/16 |
Introduction to Phonetics and phonology History of 20th century phonology Introduction to articulatory phonetics |
R&J: Chapters1,3 |
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1/23 |
Allophonic Variation & Complementary Distribution Consonants in Context Introducing Phonology: Assimilation Natural Classes of Sounds: Distinctive Features |
R&J: Chapters 2,4 |
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1/30 |
Vowel Sounds: Cardinal Vowels Phonological Processes Involving Vowel Features |
R&J: Chapters 5,6 |
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2/6 |
The Vowels of English Introduction to Acoustic Phonetics |
R&J: Chapter 7 Acoustic Phonetics Booklet |
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2/13 |
Acoustic Phonetics: Reading Spectrograms The Timing Tier: Segment Length |
A.P. Booklet R&J: Chapter 8 |
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2/20 |
Acoustic Phonetics: segmenting and labeling |
A.P. Booklet |
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2/27 |
The Syllable English Phonotactics |
R&J: Chapters 9,10 |
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3/6 |
Metrical Phonology |
R&J: Chapters 11,12,13 |
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3/13 |
Spring Break (No Classes) |
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3/20 |
University Day (No Classes) |
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3/27 |
Midterm Exam |
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4/3 |
Tonal Phonology |
R&J: Chapter 14 |
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4/10 |
Rule application and cyclicity |
R&J: Chapter 15 |
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4/17 |
Domains of Rule Application: Lexical & Prosodic Phonology |
R&J: Chapter 16 |
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4/24 |
Underspecification, Markedness, and Feature Geometry Rules and Derivations |
R&J: Chapter 17,18 |
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5/1 |
Optimality Theory |
R&J: Chapter 19 |
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5/8 |
Final Exam |
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Grading:
You will be responsible for a midterm exam (20% of your grade) and final exam (25%) as well as a phonetics project (15%), and two abstracts (40%). The phonetics project will involve segmenting and labelling about 30 seconds of speech, either speech that you choose to record or a sample that will be given to you. The abstracts will be one page critiques of seminal articles in the fields of phonetics and phonology.
Office Hours:
Tuesday: 7:30-8:30 PM
Dickson Hall, Room 109, 655-4480