LgBA03 General phonetics and phonology - lecture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
without prerequisities
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 240 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/240, only registered: 0/240, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/240
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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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.
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 (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
  • ASHBY, Michael and John A. MAIDMENT. Úvod do obecné fonetiky. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 192 stran. ISBN 9788024623221. info
  • SKARNITZL, Radek, Pavel ŠTURM and 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. URL info
    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. info
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.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk/files/fonetika/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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