2. Aim and Purpose of the course
a. Separate phonology from phonetics
b. Different systems of phonological analysis
c. Formalization of phonological statements about language
3. Methods and Procedures
a. lecture and discussion
b. phonetic data analysis
c. formal presentation of solution
d. discussion
4. Phonological approaches
a. how to characterize the sound pattern of a language
b. how to capture the general pattern
c. how to formalize these patterns using acceptable formal notation
d. classical phonemic analysis
e. classical generative school analysis
f. more recent approaches to phonological analysis
5. Apportioning of time to each approach:
The major bulk of the course will be on generative phonology, with phonemic dealt with in the beginning of course, and autosegmental and others towards the end of the course.
6. Individual projects: Each student will be expected to do a phonemic analysis of an aspect of a language of his/her choice based on collected data from a native speaker of the language. A presentation of the results will be made to the class at the end of the semester.
7. Requirements : As is the practice in such a course, doing phonemic analysis will be a constant in the course. Each class will have a limited set of phonetic data to be analyzed with a solution proposed and handed in for evaluation . These exercises must be turned in on time.
Homework: may be individual or a group effort.
Exam: Most if not all exams will be take-home exams.
Text:
David Odden. 2005 . Introducing Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: LING001
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