LING215-11S1 (C) Semester One 2011

Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2011
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 4 March 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 20 May 2011

Description

This course introduces students to the study of speech sounds in human languages. The articulatory phonetics section will aim to develop students' skills in recognising and producing a range of sounds, using the International Phonetic Alphabet. There will also be sections on acoustic phonetics and suprasegmental features such as pitch and voice quality. Students will be expected to conduct acoustic analyses of speech sounds.

Prerequisites

LING101 or LING111 or ENGL123 or ENGL112

Restrictions

LING201, LING211, LING207, CMDS231

Course Coordinator

Jacqui Nokes

Guest Lecturer

Dr Ghada Khattab (School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics)

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Quizzes 5%
Assignment 1 19 Apr 2011 20%
Assignment 31 May 2011 15%
Final Test 60%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Ashby, Michael and Maidment, John; Introducing Phonetic Science ; Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $595.00

International fee $2,588.00

* 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 School of Languages and Cultures .

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