LING2300 - Sound Structure of Language

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Sound Structure of Language
Term
2023A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING2300001
Course number integer
2300
Meeting times
MW 3:30 PM-4:59 PM
Meeting location
TOWN 311
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Rolf Noyer
Description
An introduction to phonetics and phonology. Topics include articulatory phonetics (the anatomy of the vocal tract; how speech sounds are produced); transcription (conventions for representing the sounds of the world's languages); classification (how speech sounds are classified and represented cognitively through distinctive features); phonology (the grammar of speech sounds in various languages: their patterning and interaction) and syllable structure and its role in phonology.
Course number only
2300
Cross listings
LING5300001
Use local description
No