SLP801: Fundamentals of Speech Science I
Phonetics and Phonology
| Availability : | X1 |
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Convenor: | Felicity Cox |
Unit 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 unit 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 principles of Generative Phonology and be able to understand and use phonological rules based this approach to phonology
Contacting Dr Cox
I am available for face-to-face student consultations, by appointment, from monday to wednesday. You should note that I also have other commitments during these times (such as other classes and meetings) so when contacting me you might like to suggest a few times that you are available. Please contact me by email (not by telephone) when requesting an appointment or if you wish to ask a question about the unit. Click on the link above (next to "Convenor") for contact details.
Whilst students are welcome to email me at any time, I will be keeping "email office hours". That is, I will normally only answer emails from coursework students on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays. I will only answer urgent emails on other days and I reserve the right to determine what is "urgent". This policy has become necessary as the continuously growing volume of emails has become unmanageable and has interfered with our ability to perform other duties (including research and research student supervision).
Macquarie University student e-mail account
It is University policy that the University issued email account will be used for official University communication. All students are required to access their University account frequently. Alternatively, Email can be forwarded to another account but each student is responsible for the information sent to a non-Macquarie account and for managing mailbox size to ensure that account remains active. Your unit convenor cannot contact you via any other email address if a message has to be sent to all students enrolled in the unit. Your email account can be accessed via the portal, myMQ at https://my.mq.edu.au To Sign On to the portal use your Student Number, and your original MQID password (ie. 2 random characters followed by your date of birth in ddmmyy format). Your Email Address can be viewed in portal. The student email format will be first.last@students.mq.edu.au (eg. joe.blogs@students.mq.edu.au)
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.