NI01_02 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:50–11:35 M21, Wed 11:40–12:25 M21, Wed 12:30–13:15 M21
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
NI01_02/01: Wed 8:20–9:05 U22, M. Kostelecká
Prerequisites
First cycle, a lecture providing fundamental information about phonetics and phonolgy.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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. Intersegmental articulatory co-ordination.
  • XIII. Phonology, nature of the phonological view of language.
  • XIV. Main trends of phonological research nowadays.
Literature
    required literature
  • Speciální germanistickou odbornou literaturu zadává učitel vedoucí semináře.
  • Další literatura v publikaci na Elportálu.
    recommended 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
  • 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
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars.
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 and oral form, in which the student demonstrates his/her knowledge of terminology.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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