OJ104 Introduction to phonology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:50–12:25 C41
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 analyze and applicate phonemic data using following metodogical approaches: classic phonology (Trubetzkoy, Martinet), Harvard binarism (Jakobson), classic generative phonology (Chomsky, Halle), Feature Geometry.
Syllabus
  • Origins of phonology - Prague school - definition of phoneme - theory of opossitions, neutralization, archiphoneme - Consonanantal oppositions - vowel oppositions - syllable - suprasegmental elements Binary theorie of phonemes I - Harvard school - definition of phonemes - distinctive features - practical application Binary theorie of phonemes II - generative - definice fonologie - definition of phonemes - distinctive features - practical application Feature Geometry
Literature
  • Další literatura průběžně.
  • KOŘÍNEK, Josef Miloslav and Adolf ERHART. Úvod do fonologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2000, 139 s. ISBN 8020002308. info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and Phonology.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1993, 148 pp. ISBN 80-210-0137-2. info
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie českého jazyka [Krčmová, 1987]. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 110 s. info
  • LASS, Roger. Phonology : an introduction to basic concepts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984, xix, 362. ISBN 0521281830. info
  • CHOMSKY, Noam and Morris HALLE. The sound pattern of English. New York: Harper & Row, 1968, xiv, 470. info
  • TRUBECKOJ, Nikolaj Sergejevič. Osnovy fonologii. Translated by Aleksandr Aleksejevič Cholodovič. Moskva: Izdatel'stvo inostrannoj literatury, 1960, 371 s. info
  • TRUBECKOJ, Nikolaj Sergejevič. Grundzüge der Phonologie. Prague: Cercle linguistique de Prague, 1939, 271 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, drills
Assessment methods
Written examination consisting of 5 questions focusing on the basic notions of the discipline.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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