| CODE | LIN1151 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Phonetics: An Introduction | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit constitutes the first of two connected sub-components making up LIN1150. This unit gives an introduction to Phonetics. Phonetics views speech as one possible MEDIUM of transmission for LANGUAGE. This sub-component is therefore intended to provide the basis for the study of Sound as used in the sound systems of the languages of the world. This component will be especially focussed on introducing students to elements of speech production, familiarising them with elements of articulatory phonetics and introducing the principles necessary to distinguish between different sounds used in human languages, distinctions which are captured in transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to provide students with a common foundation for more advanced studies in Phonetics and in Linguistics, as well as for subsequent study in more applied areas, of relevance for example to Communication Therapy and Human Language Technology students, as well as to students of specific Languages. The study-unit aims to provide students with a firm understanding of the principles of general phonetics and of how to apply these principles for describing the sounds used in the languages of the world using the appropriate IPA symbols. Throughout the study-unit, students will be introduced to the relevant concepts through both theoretical and practical sessions. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify and describe the components involved in the articulation of speech sounds - (airstream mechanisms; phonation types; articulation; co-ordination); - use the appropriate terminology to describe vowels and consonants; - comprehend the distinction between phoneme and allophone. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - produce different sounds transcribed using IPA symbols; - listen to and transcribe speech sounds and combinations of these in (pseudo) words and simple sentences using the appropriate IPA symbols; - make use of the IPA and available tools as a means to gaining a better understanding of how different speech sounds are produced; - analyse data with a view to identifying different distributional patterns. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Abercrombie, D. (1967). Elements of general phonetics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. - Ashby, M. & Maidment, J. (2005). Introducing phonetic science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Catford, J. C. (2001). A practical introduction to phonetics (2nd edition). New York: Oxford University Press. - Collins, B & Mees, I. M. (2013). Practical phonetics and phonology: A resource book for students (3rd edition). London & New York: Routledge. - Crystal, D. (2008). Dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (6th edition). West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. - Hewlett, N. & Beck, J. (2006). An introduction to the science of phonetics. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum. - International Phonetic Association. (1999). Handbook of the International Phonetic Association. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Knight, R.-A. (2012). Phonetics: A coursebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Ladefoged, P & Johnson, K. (2014). A course in phonetics (7th edition). Belmont CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc. - Laver, J. (1994). Principles of phonetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Zsiga, E. C. (2013). The sounds of language. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. Main text-books will be identified and announced at the start of study-unit. Specific readings will be assigned on a topic-by-topic basis in the course of the study-unit. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practical | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Luke Galea Alexandra Vella (Co-ord.) |
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