CMDS231-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Clinical Phonetics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 17 May 2013

Description

Study of phonetic and phonemic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet and the relationship between articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics and speech perception.

Course Coordinators

Ondene Van Dulm and Stephanie Stokes

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Weekly Tutorials 30%
Assignment 10 May 2013 20% This assignment assesses students' ability to (i) recognise and explain differences in speech sounds of different dialects of English, and (ii) transcribe spoken passages with the IPA
Group Class Presentation 24 May 2012 10% Students will be divided into groups for this assessment. Each group will be assigned a journal article (either a research report or a discussion paper). The group will present the findings of the paper to the class, showing how the theory covered in lectures may be applied in the clinical context.
Class test 31 May 2013 40% The class test will assess students' understanding of the concepts of acoustic and articulatory phonetics, as well as their ability to relate these to the clinical context

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Bauman-Wangler, Jacqueline Ann; Introduction to phonetics and phonology : from concepts to transcription ; Pearson, 2009.

Recommended Reading

Ball, Martin J. , Muller, Nicole; Phonetics for communication disorders ; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

Fromkin, V; An introduction to language ; Thomson Wadsworth, 2003 ((Chapters 6 & 7)).

Fry, D.B; The physics of speech ; Cambridge University Press, 1979.

Ladefoged, Peter; Elements of acoustic phonetics ; 2nd ed; University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Ladefoged, Peter. , Johnstone, Keith; A course in phonetics ; 6th ed; Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2011.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $803.00

International fee $4,025.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Communication Disorders .

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