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Academic Year 2024/2025

Phonology (MA) (LING40460)

Subject:
Linguistics
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Languages, Cultures & Linguis
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Grace Cao
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The first part of this course focuses on phonetics, starting with articulatory phonetics and moving on to acoustic phonetics. Students are introduced to the instrumental analysis of speech, with a broad focus on different varieties of English. The second part of the course focuses on the patterning of speech sounds in language exploring a range of cross-linguistic data. It also covers the implication of phonetics and phonology in second-language speech acquisition, forensic phonetics and language teaching.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
- describe, classify and transcribe speech sounds
- analyse recorded and transcribed speech, interpret data and process results
- analyse and interpret acoustic data using Praat
- identify patterns in speech data and analyse them within particular theoretical frameworks
- apply learnt knowledge to second language teaching and learning, language acquisition and forensic phonetics
- understand phonetic research and use phonetic tools for future research projects

Indicative Module Content:

Articulatory phonetics - description and classification of speech sounds
Acoustic phonetics - instrumental analysis of speech
Structure of sound inventories; Phonetic features
Distribution of sounds; Phonological patterning/alternations
Syllables, syllable structure
Second Language Acquisition of Speech
Forensic Phonetics
Phonetics and Phonology in Language Teaching

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

76
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Lectures

24
Total

200

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures
Interactive web-based learning, enquiry & problem-based learning;
Reflective learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Assignment 3: Speech analysis report Week 14 Graded No
40
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Assignment 1: Phonemic analysis Week 5 Graded No
20
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Assignment 2: Praat analysis Week 8 Graded No
40
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Grace Cao Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Sandrine Peraldi Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 14:00 - 15:50
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