This course will include the phonetics component if that material was not covered in Phonology A or B.
This is the last of a three-quarter graduate phonology sequence, intended as a bridge between the core phonology courses (A-B) and advanced research seminars. The content varies from year-to-year, but when I teach it, it is likely to be in the general area of segmental phonology.
Phonetics component (roughly 5 weeks): consists of an intensive introduction to advanced (especially acoustic) phonetics, to 'laboratory phonology' (the use of phonetic studies to address phonological questions) and to phonetic theories purporting to explain phonological facts. It presupposes the sort of knowledge of phonetics you might have after a course based on Ladefoged's 'A Course in Phonetics'. Students will do weekly laboratory assignments involving the instrumental analysis of speech.
Prerequisites: Phonology B (Ling 212)
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