SKA105 Phonetics and Phonology of Slovak

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Katarína Žeňuchová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Katarína Žeňuchová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Katarína Žeňuchová, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to describe both phonetic and phonemic systems of Slovak language, to analyse problems in both systems and to apply their knowledges on the language data.
Syllabus
  • XXXXX 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. Intersegmental articulatory co-ordination.
  • XIII. Phonology, nature of the phonological view of language.
  • XIV. Main trends of phonological research nowadays.
Literature
  • KRÁĽ, Ábel and Ján SABOL. Fonetika a fonológia. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1989, 388 s. ISBN 8008000368. info
  • ONDRUŠ, Šimon and Ján SABOL. Úvod do štúdia jazykov. 3. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1987, 339 s. 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
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie : zvuková stavba současné češtiny. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1990, 148 s. ISBN 8021001372. info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and Phonology). In Příruční mluvnice češtiny. 2nd ed. Praha: LN, 1996, p. 21-63. ISBN 80-7106-134-4. info
  • ONDRUŠ, Šimon and Ján SABOL. Úvod do štúdia jazykov. 2., dopl. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1984, 339 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, drills
Assessment methods
The course deals with the basics of phonology and phonetics and research methods, phonology of Slovak, phonemes, prosodic features with stress on the role of long vowels, rhythm in vowel shortening and its effect on morphology, codification of the language and prosody in poetry. Czech and Slovak phonetics and orthoepics will be contrasted. Final exam consists in a discussion on the topics addressed in lectures and studied in self-study, phonetic analysis and transcription. The syllabus provides information needed for revision before the exam.
Language of instruction
Slovak
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2013, Spring 2016.
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