175-007 Phonology

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher

Prerequisites

175-014 Phonetics.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

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

Generic Skills

  • develop skills in critical thinking and analysis;

  • develop skill in communicating knowledge intelligibly and economically;

  • develop skill in observation and attention to detail;

  • develop skills in thinking in theoretical terms.

Assessment

Three assignments totalling 2500 words 65% (due at regular intervals during the semester), and a problem-based 2-hour exam 35% (held in the examination period).

Prescribed Texts

  • C Gussenhoven and H Jacobs, Understanding Phonology. 1998.


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