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 175-007 Phonology

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Janet Fletcher

Prerequisites

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 and the sixth week of semester. Attendance at tutorials is optional for postgraduate students

Subject Description

This subject is an 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 should 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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