- Department: Language and Linguistic Science
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
- See module specification for other years: 2022-23
The module focuses on developing core academic skills while conducting and engaging with primary research: literature reviews, synthesising, critical skills, abstract writing, and poster design. The module is split into two thematic parts: a topic on phonetics and one on phonology. From this pool of readings, you will write summaries, an abstract, and design a poster, culminating in an original research essay.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2023-24 |
Engage with primary research and conduct independent research
Understanding the main theoretical and empirical issues and the competing analyses of specific phenomena within a particular area of phonetics and/or phonology.
Communicate research effectively via a range of modalities
Develop core academic skills in communicating research through abstract writing and poster design
Develop compelling and concise short-form writing through writing summaries of research papers
Conduct and communicate independent research by writing a long essay
By the end of the module, you will be able to:
Read and engage with research articles in phonetics and phonology, broadly understand them and be able to articulate the issues that are addressed and the analysis proposed
Communicate research effectively through abstract writing and poster design
Navigate the differences between short-form and long-form writing
Identity a topic of research through the synthesis of key issues in the literature
This module will have a mixture of input sessions, presentation sessions, and independent study time. Input sessions will introduce you to the relevant issues in phonetics and phonology as well as to relevant academic skills. Presentation sessions will consist of sharing formative work and receiving feedback. Independent study and preparation time will be scheduled in between input and preparation sessions.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 80 |
Essay/coursework | 20 |
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Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 80 |
Essay/coursework | 20 |
Individual written feedback will be provided for all written pieces of work. Weeks 4 and 9 are specifically designated as consolidation and feedback weeks, where you will meet with a member of staff to discuss your formative work and to introduce your upcoming summative work. In week 11, you will meet with both members of staff to discuss your essay proposal.
Initial readings and topics for discussion and/or essays will be drawn from relevant journals and conference proceedings in phonetics and phonology:
Journal of Phonetics
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
Laboratory Phonology
Journal of the International Phonetic Association
English Language and Linguistics
Language Variation and Change
Language and Speech
Journal of English Linguistics
Interactional Linguistics
short papers from conferences such as:
ICPhS (International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences)
Interspeech
New Sounds