Phonetics

Subject LING20005 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 1, Parkville - 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: 2x hours of lectures per week and a 1-hour practical class. There will be no practical in the first and last weeks of semester.
Total Time Commitment: 3 x contact hours/week, 5.5 additional hours/week. Total of 8.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Completion of at least 12.5 points at first year in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics or one of the Faculty of Arts’ Interdisciplinary Foundation (IDF) subjects
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: Some prior study in Linguistics & Applied Linguistics is desirable, e.g. a first year LING subject.
Non Allowed Subjects: Formerly available as 175-210/175-310 and 672-395 Phonetics. Students who have completed these subjects are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Core Participation Requirements: For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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Coordinator

Assoc Prof Janet Fletcher

Contact

janetf@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

This subject involves the study of the sound distinctions occurring in human languages, such as basic articulatory, acoustic and auditory phonetics. Students should develop skills in perceiving, articulating, and transcribing speech sounds. Students should also learn how to interpret sound spectrograms and how acoustic phonetic techniques can be used to supplement traditional phonetic transcription.
Objectives: .
Assessment: Two transcription assignments (the equivalent of 1800 words) 45% (one due mid-semester and the other due at the end of the semester), one practical test (800 words) 20% (held during the examination period) and a closed-book two-hour examination 35% (during the examination period).
Prescribed Texts:
  • A Course in Phonetics (Ladefoged, Peter) Thomson 2006
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • have acquired skill in observation and attention to detail through tutorial and assignment preparation, and examination revision.
  • have strengthened their computer literacy through use of IT in acoustic and auditory analyses of spoken language.
  • have improved their ability to communicate knowledge intelligibly and economically through tutorial preparation and participation and assignment preparation.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Cross Cultural Communication
English Language Studies
English Language Studies Major
Linguistics && Applied Linguistics
Linguistics && Applied Linguistics Major
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

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