FF:Vj1 General phonetics for Viet - Course Information

Vj1 General phonetics and phonology for Vietnamese studies

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 8:00–9:40 B2.13

Prerequisites

no requirements

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

• Vietnamese Studies (programme FF, B-VIE_) (3)

Course objectives

The course goal is to explain the fundamental concepts, principles and methods of two disciplines dealing the sound shape of language - phonetics and phonology. Attention will be given to speech production, the classification of speech sounds and other phonic means (stress, intonation) both from the perspective of their formation and according to their acoustic properties. The course General phonetics and phonology for Vietnamese studies is a fundamental theoretical profile core course of the study programme Vietnamese Studies. Content of this course and acquired knowledge will be also a part of the Final State Examination.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students will be able
- to understand and explain general problems of phonetics and phonology
- to apply scientific terminology and methods of phonetic research and to use this knowledge in their further studies
- to explain the process of speech production
- to characterize speech sounds according to their properties - to apply the international phonetic transcription to concrete languages, in particular on Czech
- to explain and apply the fundamental phonological concepts

Syllabus

• 1) Phonetics, its position within linguistics
• 2) The process of the production of speech
• 3) Basic classification of sounds: consonants, vowels, suprasegmental features
• 4) Phonetic transcription, International phonetic alphabet (IPA)
• 5) Acoustic level of speech
• 6) Syllable and its phonetic nature
• 7) Prosodic means from articulatory and acoustic point of view
• 8) Prosodic organization of speech
• 9) Intersegmental articulatory co-ordination – overview
• 10) Phonology and its basic concepts

Literature

required literature
• Elektronická skripta Fonetika, http://is.muni.cz/elportal/estud/ff/js07/fonetika/materialy/index.html

recommended literature
• KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Úvod do fonetiky a fonologie pro bohemisty. 2., doplněné. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2007. 194 s. none. ISBN 978-80-7368-405-1.
• ASHBY, Michael a John A. MAIDMENT. Úvod do obecné fonetiky. První české vydání. 192 stran. ISBN 9788024623221.
• SKARNITZL, Radek, Pavel ŠTURM a Jan VOLÍN. Zvuková báze řečové komunikace : fonetický a fonologický popis řeči. První vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016. 170 stran. ISBN 9788024632728.

not specified
• DUBĚDA, Tomáš. Jazyky a jejich zvuky : univerzálie a typologie ve fonetice a fonologii. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2005. 230 s. ISBN 8024610736.

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods

Written exam consisting of four questions focusing on the fundamental phonetic and phonological concepts and the phonetic classification of speech sounds; due to the limited time of the lectures, a considerable part of the course is self-study; it is not compulsory to attend the lectures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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