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 175-007 Phonology

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Janet Fletcher

Prerequisites

175-210/310 (175-014) Phonetics

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in the first or the middle week

Subject Description

Introduction to descriptive and theoretical approaches to the analysis of sound systems across languages; different approaches to phonology, training in formal phonological analysis, and the development of phonological theory until the present. Students will acquire skills in performing phonological analysis. Attention will also be given to how phonological knowledge can be applied to areas such as language teaching, writing systems, and speech disorders.

Assessment

Regular practical assignment problems totalling 2000 words and a 2-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts

  • P Carr, Phonology. MacMillan.


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