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2005/06 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LING5020M Phonetics and Phonology

15 creditsClass Size: 999

Module manager: Dr B Heselwood

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2005/06

Objectives

To give students a good basic knowledge of the operation of the human speech mechanism and the sounds produced by the mechanism; to give a practical introduction to phonology.

Syllabus

The organs of speech; vocoid and contoid classification; voice, tone and intonation; combinatory phonetics; phoneme theory.

Teaching methods

Weekly lecture and practical

Methods of assessment

2 hour written paper and an oral examination at end of semester 1.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/11/2006

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