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This course is an exploration in the structure of speech sounds. We will deal with with phonetics (how sounds are made or perceived by humans), phonology (how sounds are distributed across different languages) and morphology (how sounds combine to make meaningful units in a language). The goal of the course is to equip students with some of the basic tools necessary to conduct speech sound analysis of any language or linguistic variety.
We are linguistic animals and we communicate primarily using sound. Speech is our most common form of communication; speech plays a huge role in our everyday lives. This course is about understanding speech. In the first part of the course, we think carefully about how we produce sound, how the various muscles we use combine in order to create different sounds and how these sounds combine in turn to form speech (phonetics). In the second part of the course, we explore how speech sounds are distributed across different languages (phonology) and (how sounds combine to make meaningful units in a language (morphology).
By the end of the course... - Students will learn analytical and critical thinking, as well as problem solving in diverse contexts, by performing phonetic, phonological and morphological analyses on varieties of English and other languages- Students will become proficient in the use of software (Praat) in order to perform acoustic measurements of speech sounds- Students will understand the phonetic, phonological and morphological features of NZ English, as well we the colonial context in which this variety emerged- Students will apply their knowledge of phonological and morphological structure to unfamiliar languages, especially those of the Pacific region of Papua New Guinea- Students will develop awareness of the systematicity of linguistic structures, of both English and of other languages, and how languages can be similar to and different from each other in this respect. They will get an appreciation of global linguistic diversity and what it means to “know” a language.
Any 15 points at any level from LING
LING 215LING 216
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Lynn Clark
Domestic fee $844.00
International fee $3,950.00
* 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 Language, Social and Political Sciences .