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Intermediate Phonetics & Phonology - LAN00009I

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  • Department: Language and Linguistic Science
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: I
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

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Pre-requisite modules

Co-requisite modules

  • None

Prohibited combinations

  • None

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Spring Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23

Module aims

In this module, you will develop your skills in the phonetic and phonological analysis of language. The phonetics part of the course will cover the basics of articulatory and impressionistic phonetics and the basics of the acoustic analysis of speech. The phonology part of the course will cover the position of phonology within the human linguistic system, some recurrent phenomena in the phonology of the world's languages and some commonly used phonological notation.

Module learning outcomes

Students should be able to:

  • see connections between data and theory
  • conduct a simple phonological analysis
  • read and produce simple phonetic transcriptions of their observations using the IPA
  • construct and critique arguments in phonetics and phonology
  • use PRAAT for simple spectrographic analysis
  • present their work to standards appropriate for phonetics and phonology
  • interpret simple statistics, graphs, and other quantitative data

Students should know and understand:

  • elements of phonetic and phonological theory, such as segments , suprasegmentals
  • basic acoustic theory, such as source-filter theory
  • some simple facts about speech perception
  • how different approaches to phonetics/phonology can result in different interpretations of the same empirical facts

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 50
Essay/coursework 50

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

Feedback on formative work

Feedback will be a combination of automatic feedback provided by the VLE and group-level feedback shared on the VLE. Model answers will also be made available via the VLE.

Feedback on summative work

You will receive individual written feedback within 20 working days.

Indicative reading

Hayward, Katrina. (2000). Experimental phonetics. Longman.

Ladefoged, Peter. (2003). Phonetic Data Analysis. Wiley-Blackwell.

Nathan, G. (2008). Phonology: a cognitive grammar introduction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Davenport, M. & Hannahs, S. J. (2011). Introducing phonetics and phonology. London: Hodder.


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