Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500245 English Studies | OT | 3 | 1 |
2500245 English Studies | OT | 4 | 1 |
Course requirements
The course will consist of an introduction to the principles, methods and techniques of articulatory, acoustic and auditory phonetics which are the basis, or substance, of phonological facts. The acoustic-auditory cues used in English to signal sound contrasts and prosodic features will be described and analyzed and compared to those of Spanish and Catalan. The methodology of experimentation in phonetics and phonology will be presented.
Students will learn to:
Methodology
Introduction of each topic by the teacher. Discussion of assigned readings. Methodological demonstrations.
Practical exercises in class or as homework and completion of assignments (acoustic analysis of speech; quantification and relationship between phonetic and phonological categories; phonetic and phonological transcription; perceptual analysis of speech sounds; familiarization with the phonetic and phonological characteristics of second/foreign language speech).
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 30 | 1.2 | 12, 9 |
Reading and practice exercises | 20 | 0.8 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Group discussions | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 9, 6 |
Individual assignments | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 12, 10, 7 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Individual study | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2 |
Reading and exercises | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 6 |
ASSESSMENT
• Assignments 1, 2, 3, 4 (20% each).
• Quizzes (10%).
• Homework, class exercises and class participation (10%).
Please, note:
Re-assessment conditions:
Only students who (1) have passed at least 50% of the course evaluation, and (2) have a minimum course mark of 3.5/10 are eligible for reassessment, provided they have completed all the assignments.
The maximum mark that can be assigned at reassessment is 5/10.
The re-assessment dates are assigned by the university and will not be changed to suit individual students' needs.
The on-going homework and in-class exercises cannot be reassessed.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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4 assignments | 20% each | 11 | 0.44 | 5, 12, 8, 9, 6 |
Homework and in-class exercises | 10% | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 5 |
quizzes | 10% | 4 | 0.16 | 3, 13, 12, 10, 7, 9, 6, 4, 11 |
Main readings
Ladefoged, Peter. 2001. A Course in Phonetics (4th edition) New York: Hartcourt. (2005. 5thEd. Thomson/ Wadsworth Publishers / Ladefoged, Peter & Johnson, Keith. 2011. 6thedition. Cenage.)
Rogers, Hank. 2000. The Sounds of Language. London: Longman.
Further bibliography
Borden, Gloria .J., Harris, Katherine .S. & Raphael, Lawrence J. 1994. Speech Science Primer. Baltimore, London: Williams and Wilkins. 3rd edition.
Clark, J. and Yallop, C. 1990. An introduction to phonetics and phonology. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell.
Gick, Bryan, Wilson, Ian & Derrick, Donald. 2013. Articulatory Phonetics. Wiley-Blackwell.
Johnson, Keith. (1997). Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (2nd ed. 2002, 2rd ed. 2012).
Kent, Raymond D. & Read, Charles. 2002. The Acoustic Analysis of Speech. Singular/Thomson Learning
Ladefoged, Peter. 2001. Vowels and Consonants. Oxford: Blackwell. (2nd ed. 2004)
Ladefoged, Peter. 2003. Phonetic Data Analysis: An introduction to phonetic fieldwork and instrumental techniques. Wiley-Blackwell,
Strange, Winifred (Ed.). 1995. Speech Perception and Linguistic Experience: Issues in Cross-language Research. York Press.
Additional bibliography will be specified during the course.
Microsoft Excel
Praat, acoustic analysis software