Course Description
This course explores speech sounds as physical entities (phonetics) and linguistic units (phonology). In viewing sounds as physical elements, the focus is on articulatory description. In this part of the course, the goal is to learn to produce, transcribe, and describe in articulatory terms many of the sounds known to occur in human languages. In the next part of the course, the focus is on sounds as members of a particular linguistic system.
Course Objectives
This course aims to:
- assist students learn a number of technical terms related to the course
- familiarize students with sounds and sound patterning, particularly in English Language
- develop knowledge of segmental and supra-segmental speech
- help students understand the features of connected speech
Course Contents
- Basic definitions
- Phonetics
- Articulatory, Auditory & Acoustic Phonetics
- Phonology
- Phoneme
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Diphthongs
- Triphthongs
- Voicing
- Aspiration
- Minimal pairs
- Organs of Speech
- Phonemes
- Consonants(place and manner of articulation)
- Vowels (vowel trapezium/quadrilateral)
- Monophthongs
- Diphthongs
- Triphthongs
- Rules
- Rules of Voicing
- Rules of /r/
- Rules of /ŋ/
- Practice of phonemic transcription
- Definitions
- Homophones
- Homographs
- Homonyms
- Homophenes
- Fluency Devices
- Assimilation
- Elision
- Weak forms/Strong forms
- linking
8. Sound Values
9. Stress and Intonation
10. Practice of phonemic transcription
Recommended Readings
- Collins, B. and Mees, I. (2003) Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students. London & NY: Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
- Clark, J and Yallop, C. (1995). An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology. 2nd edition. Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell.
- Davenport, Mike & S. J. Hannahs. (2010). Introducing Phonetics & Phonology, 3rd edition. Hodder Education
Roach, Peter. (2009). English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course. 4th Edition. Cambridge.
Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology