LING210: Phonetics and Phonology
| Availability : | DE1 |
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Convenors: | Felicity Cox and Robert Mannell |
Aims and Outcomes
The aim of this unit is to provide students with an introduction to the fields of phonetics and phonology.
At the successful completion of this course you should:-
- be familiar with the International Phonetic Alphabet
- be familiar with the principles of phonetic transcription and be able to perform simple broad and narrow phonetic transcription tasks
- have an understanding of speech articulation
- be familiar with the major characteristics of vowels and consonants and with a number of ways of classifying these speech sounds
- understand the distinction between phonemes and allophones and the principles of phonemic analysis
- be familiar with some of the ways that languages and dialects differ in both their phoneme inventories and the pronunciation of their phonemes
- understand what Distinctive Features are and be able to use them in the analysis of phonemes and their pronunciation
- understand the structure of syllables and how phonotactic constraints result in different sets of legal syllables for different languages
- have a basic understanding of the phonology of intonation
Contacting Lecturers
a) Face-to-face consultations (by appointment only)
| Felicity Cox | C5A 547 | |
| Robert Mannell | C5A 542 |
We are available for face-to-face student consultations, by appointment, from monday to wednesday. You should note that we also have other commitments during these times (such as other classes and meetings) so when contacting us you should suggest a few times that you are available. Email one of us for an appointment (see below).
b) Contact by phone
Please do not contact us by telephone. Only contact us by email.
c) Contact by email
| Felicity Cox | felicity.cox@ling.mq.edu.au | |
| Robert Mannell | robert.mannell@mq.edu.au |
Email Office Hours
The volume of email that we receive has grown until it now threatens to overwhelm us and prevent us from attending to other duties. As a consequence, in 2008 we are trialing a new email response policy. The policy is as follows:-
- students may email us at any time
- except for urgent emails, we will only respond to emails about coursework units on monday to wednesday. That is, from 2008 we have instituted email office hours.
- we will determine what constitutes urgent emails. Questions resulting from your starting an assessment task at the last moment before its due will not be deemed by us to be urgent. As the old saying goes, "lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part".
Evening Students
Only the tutorials are offered in the evening. Recorded lectures and associated lecture slides will be available via iLecture.
Navigating These Pages
To return to the main Linguistics Department web site click on "LINGUISTICS HOME" in the menu bar just above each page's main content. There are several links in that menu bar that will take you to various pages relating to this unit. The "RESOURCE INDEX" link takes you to a page that provides links to a large number of on-line materials relating to Phonetics and Phonology and Speech Science (and to a much lesser extent, some aspects of hearing). The "HELP PAGES" link takes you to help pages that tell you how to install appropriate phonetic fonts (if required), installing a browser that properly supports phonetic fonts, as well as software for playing sound and video files.