Linguistics and Phonetics

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

Nil

Students must undertake the following subjects at the same time

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.

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This subject introduces students to the structure and sounds of English. The course provides an introduction to morphology, syntax, semantics and psycholinguistics, with an emphasis on developing skills for analysing language. The course provides an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet, illustrates its uses as a transcription tool and provides instruction in both broad and narrow transcription of speech. Students will be introduced to the acoustic analysis of speech sounds, and will gain an understanding of how the acoustic structure of sounds is related to their perception.

At the completion of this subject students will:

• have acquired terminology for discussing language
• understand and be able to apply some of the techniques available for analysing words, morphemes, sentence constituents and sentence structure
• understand language structure, processing, variation and use
• use broad and narrow IPA to accurately transcribe spoken language
• understand the phonotactic and prosodic structure of speech
• understand how speech sounds are produced in the vocal tract, the effect of the position of the articulators (tongue, lips, velum, etc.) on speech sounds and the acoustic principles underlying these effects
• understand the acoustic features of different speech sounds as they relate to their production and auditory discrimination
• understand the range of intensity, frequency and temporal components found in normal speech sounds and the effects of inter- and intra- speaker variations

Language sample analysis - 30%

a) Broad transcription (Part 1 due Week 5)

b) Phonological analysis (Part 2 due Week 7)

C) Morphosyntactical analysis (Part 3 due Week 11)

Broad transcription test (hurdle requirement) (to be held in Week 9) - 20%

2 hour written enxaminatio (hurdle requirement) (exam period) - 50%

Hurdle requirement: Students must pass the broad transcription test and written exam to pass the subject.

Cox, F. (2012). Australian English: Pronunciation and transcription. New York: Cambridge University Press.

McAllister, J. & Miller, J. (2013). Introductory linguistics for speech and language therapy practice. Hoboken: Wiley.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject students should have:

• well-developed critical thinking, problem solving and analysis skills,
• an ability to evaluate and synthesise information in a flexible manner

a capacity to articulate the knowledge gained in both oral and written forms.