Bbi 3202 sem 1, 2015 16 weekly schedule

ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY (BBI3202) Semester 1, 2015-16 WEEKLY SCHEDULE Lecturer: Email: Tel: Week 1

Dr. Ramiza Darmi ramiza@upm.edu.my 03-8946 8739 (Office, Room A-206) / 013-2710201

Lectures

Reading

Notes

Phonetics and Phonology: An Overview − −

Fields of study in phonetics Relation between phonetics and phonology

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How speech sounds are produced − Organs of speech − Airstream mechanism; types of phonation

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Consonants − Place and manner of articulation

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Consonants − Voicing and nasality

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Vowels − Cardinal vowels and vowel space

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Vowels − Vowels and dialectal variation

Test 1 (10%)

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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) − Transcribing words using the IPA − Reading phonetic transcriptions

Project 1

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The inventory of sounds − Identifying phonemes and allophones

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The inventory of sounds − Writing rules to describe speech patterns

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Week

Lectures

Reading

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Natural Classes and Distinctive Features − Feature matrices − Phonological analysis

11

Suprasegmental Phonology − Syllable structure − Phonotactics

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Suprasegmental Phonology − Stress patterns in English

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Tone and Intonation − Lexical tone

14

Tone and Intonation − Discourse functions of intonation

Notes

Test 2 (10%)

Project 2

Final Exam (30%) Textbook: Carr, P. (2003). Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology. London: Blackwell.

Evaluations: Coursework: Project 1: Project 2: Test 1: Test 2: Final exam:

70 marks 20 marks 30 marks 10 marks 10 marks 30 marks

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