SIJ14 General phonetics and phonology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
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
The course is primarily designed for students who either have not taken a course in phonetics or went thru an introduction in their first year of study at the University. The course focuses on new developments in the field and helps the students to increase their knowledge of terminology and its application to linguistic research.
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.
Literature
  • Další literaturu najdete např. v textu umístěném na Elportálu.
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie. Elportál. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • CRYSTAL, David. A dictionary of linguistics & phonetics. 5th ed. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, xxiv, 508. ISBN 063122663X. info
  • Phonetics. Edited by Peter Roach. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, x, 116. ISBN 0194372391. info
  • 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). In Příruční mluvnice češtiny. 2nd ed. Praha: LN, 1996, p. 21-63. ISBN 80-7106-134-4. 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
  • LAVER, John. Principles of phonetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, xxviii, 70. ISBN 0-521-45655-X. info
  • TRUBECKOJ, Nikolaj Sergejevič. Grundzüge der Phonologie. 7. Aufl. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1989, 297 s. ISBN 3-525-26401-1. info
  • Manual of Phonetics. Amsterdam: North-Holland publishing company, 1968. info
Assessment methods
The teaching is done by self-study with the possibility of attending lectures for regular students followed by one-to-one tutoring. The student will submit abstracts from secondary literature related to his/her dissertation to the teacher at least a week before the exam. During the examination the students are expected to show their ability to apply a phonetic and phonological analysis to a text while demonstrating their knowledge of terminolog ; in the discussion then thee student will comment on the findings mentioned in the abstracts and their possible application to his/her study (dissertation).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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