ROMIB008 Phonetics and Phonology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ladislava Miličková, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Dagmar Holoubková
Timetable
Wed 15:00–15:45 zruseno D21
Prerequisites
First cykle, a lecture providing fundamental information about phonetics.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course of lectures concentrates on summary the problems of an auxiliary linguistic discipline - phonetics. Its aim is to help students see the importance od phonetics for the understanding of language, to clarify the meaning of commonly used terms, and to interpretaation of scientific information.
Syllabus
  • I. Phonetics, int position in lingiustic sciens.
  • II. Spoken and written language, its funktion and relationships.
  • III. Phonetic transcription, ist principles and types.
  • IV. Metods of phonetic analysis of speech.
  • V. The biological basis of speech.
  • VI. Articulation; place and aspect of articulation; articulatory co-ordination and phonetic settings.
  • VII. Vocoid segments. Vocoid articulation.
  • VIII. Consonants; consonants system.
  • IX. Acoustic level of speech.
  • X. The prosodic organisation of speech.
  • XI. The metrical and temporal organisation of speech.
  • XII. Sounds in chains, sound changes in the flow of speech -- outline.
  • XII. Intersegmental articulatory co-ordination.
  • XIII. Phonology, nature of the phonological view of language.
  • XIV. Main trends of phonological research nowadays.
Literature
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and phonologie). 2. doplněné. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Eplortál, 2008, 215 pp. none. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • PALKOVÁ, Zdena. Fonetika a fonologie češtiny :s obecným úvodem do problematiky oboru. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1994, 366 s. ISBN 80-7066-843-1. info
  • Manual of Phonetics. Amsterdam: North-Holland publishing company, 1968. info
  • Další odborná literatura je v publikaci na Elportálu.
  • Speciální romanistickou literaturu zadává učitel v semináři.
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Úvod do fonetiky a fonologie pro bohemisty (Introduction to phonetics and phonology for students of Czech). 2., doplněné. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2007, 194 pp. none. ISBN 978-80-7368-405-1. info
Assessment methods
Teaching is done thru lectures on terminology and follow up seminars in which the students learn to apply theoretical knowledge to lingustic analysis. The final exam in writtten form, in which the student demonstrates his/her knowledge of terminology.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Výuku zajišťuje Ústav jazykovědy pro všechny obory společně.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk/krcmova
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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