175-007 Phonology

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175-007 Phonology
Availability	2nd and 3rd year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Dr Janet Fletcher
Prerequisites	175-014 Phonetics.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Two hours of lectures per week, 9 tutorials per semester
Subject Description	This subject is an introduction to descriptive and theoretical approaches to the analysis of sound systems across languages; and 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	Written work totalling 4000 words.
Prescribed Texts	Textbook I Roca and W Johnson, A Course in Phonology. Blackwell, 1999.

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