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175-014 Phonetics | |
Note | Formerly available as 175-210/310. Students who have completed 175-210/310 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Janet Fletcher |
Prerequisites | Completion of 175-105 (175-004) Introduction to Language, or 175-106 (175-005) English: Its Structure and History, or departmental approval. |
Semester | 1 (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 | The sound distinctions occurring in human languages; basic articulatory, acoustic and auditory phonetics. Students will develop skills in perceiving, articulating, and transcribing speech sounds. Students will also learn how to interpret sound spectrograms and how acoustic phonetic techniques can be used to supplement traditional phonetic transcription. |
Assessment | Regular practical assignment problems totalling 2000 words, and a 2-hour examination. |
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