Learning Outcomes:
After completing this module students should be able to:
-classify natural classes of sounds
-identify and describe the patterning of these classes in languages
-represent this patterning using formal tools
-make predictions on the basis of patterns evident in phonological data
-construct models to illustrate phonological knowledge
-represent the relationship with other domains of language
-perform an acoustic analysis of recorded speech
Indicative Module Content:
Contrast - Sound inventories, Motivating and describing natural classes
Acoustic Phonetics - Introduction to acoustic phonetics and speech analysis
Patterns, Constraints - Distribution of sounds, Phonotactics, Positional Constraints
Patterns, Alternations - Data analysis