Advanced Phonetics

Subject 175-423 (2009)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009. Search for this in the current handbook

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 4 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Semester 1, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: A 2-hour seminar per week
Total Time Commitment: Total of 10 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Completion of 175014 Phonetics or 175525 English Phonetics and Phonology (previously named Pronunication of the Spoken Language)
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher

Contact

Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher
janetf@unimelb.edu.au
Subject Overview: This subject involves the instrumental study of spoken language. Students should become familiar with basic techniques commonly used to analyse the acoustics and articulation of sound sequences, and prosody (eg. stress and intonation); the relationship of these techniques to current models of speech production and perception and laboratory phonology.
Objectives:
Assessment: Written work totalling 4000 words for third year students and 5000 words for fourth year students.
Prescribed Texts:
  • Phonetic Data Analysis (Ledefoged, P.) Blackwell
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • have acquired skill in observation and attention to detail through anaylsis of phonetics data;
  • have strengthened their computer literacy through use of IT in acoustic and auditory analysis of spoken language;
  • have improved their ability to communicate knowledge intelligibly and economically.
Notes: Formerly available as 175-035/323/423. Students who have completed 175-035 or 175-323/423 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: English Language Studies
Linguistics && Applied Linguistics
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

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