LING216-12S2 (C)
Semester Two 2012
Phonology and Morphology
Description
In the phonology section, students will learn about how phonetic contrasts can be used to distinguish words. Languages differ from one another in what phonetic contrasts they use for this purpose, and students will be invited to solve problems from a variety of languages illustrating these differences in behaviour. The 'phoneme' concept, introduced in LING101, will be applied to new data. But, while languages differ phonologically, there are also strong tendencies that apply in most if not all languages. Students will be shown how phonological theory aims to account for these tendencies. In the morphology section, students will be introduced to linguistic morphology and word formation - the study of the internal structure of words and building on work in LING101.
In this course, you will learn about the structure underlying the words and sounds used in human language. It will be seen that these systems can differ from language to language in interesting and systematic ways. At the same time, languages also share many common properties regarding, for example, how sounds are sequenced in words. You will get hands-on experience discovering patterns in language, and come away with a greater understanding of the internal organization of linguistic systems.
Learning Outcomes
As a student in this course you will acquire skills in problem solving, argumentation, written expression and morphological and phonological analysis. By the end of the course you should be able to identify certain morphological and phonological patterns and some of the influencing factors.
LING101 or LING111 or ENGL123 or ENGL112
LING207, LING302
Course Coordinator
Beth Hume
Assessment
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Take-home problem set 1
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20%
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Take-home problem set 2
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30%
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Take-home problem set 3
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50%
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Textbooks
Recommended Reading
Hayes, Bruce;
Introductory phonology;
Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Course links
Library portal
The course outline is available on LEARN (only for students enrolled in this course).
LEARN
For further information see
School of Languages and Cultures.
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