Principles of speech articulation and acoustic features of vowels
and consonants; transcription of speech using the International
Phonetic Alphabet, focusing on English but including many other
languages; and the study of patterns of sounds across languages
to understand phonological theory: how speech is systematically
represented in the human mind.
Athena Title
Phonetics and Phonology
Prerequisite
LING 2100 or LING 2100E or LING 2100H
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to describe differences between consonants and vowels in articulatory terms.
Students will be able to measure acoustic correlates of speech in spectrograms.
Students will be able to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to transcribe speech.
Students will be able to explain interspeaker and interlanguage differences in acoustic measures.
Students will be able to justify interpretations of patterning and processes.
Students will be able to apply phonological understanding to the analysis of novel data.
Topical Outline
1. Speech articulation
2. Phonetic transcription (consonants and vowels)
3. Airstream mechanisms and phonation types
4. Acoustic phonetics
5. The phonemic principle: phonemes and allophones
6. Phonological features
7. Phonological analysis and rule ordering
8. Autosegmental phonology, phonology of tone, syllable structure
