LIGN210 - Phonetics
Fall Quarter 2004
Instructor: Amalia
Arvaniti
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Schedule
and assignments at a glance
For a
schedule that includes readings click here
Please
note: this schedule is subject to small changes depending on class progress and
interests
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Tuesday |
Thursday |
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Wk 0 9/23 |
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Class 0 Review of practical details; aim and scope
of the course; dispelling some myths about phonetics. |
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Wk 1 9/28 & 9/30 |
Class 1a Respiration and phonation. |
Class 1b Place and manner: the articulation of
consonants; the IPA transcription model. |
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Wk 2 10/5 & 10/7 |
Class 2a Non-pulmonic airstream mechanisms. Types of phonation.
Secondary and double articulations. |
Class 2b The classification of vowels: cardinal vowels and the vowel
quadrilateral. |
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Wk 3 10/12 & 10/14 |
Class 3a Task dynamics and articulatory phonology. |
Class 3b Introduction to acoustics: periodic and
aperiodic waves; sine and complex waves. |
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Wk 4 10/19 & 10/21 |
Class 4a Resonance and filters. First assignment due |
Class 4b The source-filter theory of speech
production. |
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Wk 5 10/26 & 10/28 |
Class 5a Applying the source-filter theory of speech production to
vowels. Spectrogram & waveform reading I |
Class 5b Fundamentals of experimental design &
experimental techniques. |
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Wk 6 11/2 & 11/4 |
Class 6a More on vowels and vowel systems. Spectrogram & waveform
reading II |
Class 6b Acoustic features of obstruents and sonorants. Spectrogram
& waveform reading III |
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Wk 7 11/9 (11/11) |
Class 7a Basics of digital signal processing Spectrogram & waveform reading IV Second
assignment due |
No class: Veterans
Day But Class
paper proposals due |
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Wk 8 11/16 & 11/18 |
Class 8a The basics of hearing. |
Class 8b Speech perception. |
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Wk 9 11/23 (11/25) |
Class 9a Perceptual characteristics of vowels and consonants. |
No class:
Thanksgiving |
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Wk 10 11/30 & 2/12 |
Class 10a Exemplar models of speech perception and speech production. Third
assignment due |
Class 10b The phonetics-phonology interface. |
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10/12/02 |
Class papers due |
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Wk 0, Thu 9/23
Review
of practical details; aim and scope of the course; dispelling some myths about
phonetics.
Wk 1, Tues 9/28 -
Class 1a
Respiration
and phonation.
Reading:
Borden, Harris & Raphael, chapter 4: respiration and phonation (p. 52-76).
Wk 1, Thu 9/30 -
Class 1b
Place
and manner: the articulation of consonants; the IPA transcription model.
Reading:
Catford, chapters 4 and 5.
Wk 2, Tue 10/5 -
Class 2a
Non-pulmonic
airstream mechanisms. Types of phonation. Secondary and double articulations.
Reading:
Ladefoged 2001, chapter 6, Catford, chapter 6
Wk 2, Thu 10/7 -
Class 2b
The
classification of vowels: cardinal vowels and the vowel quadrilateral.
Reading:
Ladefoged 2001, chapters 4 and 9 (you may skip the acoustics in chapter 9 for
the time being)
Wk 3, Tue 10/12 -
Class 3a
Task
dynamics and articulatory phonology
Reading:
Hawkins 1992, Goldstein & Fowler 2003
Wk 3, Thu 10/14 -
Class 3b
Introduction
to acoustics: periodic and aperiodic waves; sine and complex waves
Reading:
Ladefoged 1996, chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
Wk 4, Tue 10/19 -
Class 4a
Resonance
and filters
Reading:
Ladefoged 1996, chapter 5
First assignment due
Wk 4, Thu 10/21 -
Class 4b
The
source-filter theory of speech production
Reading:
Ladefoged 1996, chapter 7
Wk 5, Tue 10/26 -
Class 5a
Applying
the source-filter theory of speech production to vowels. Spectrogram &
waveform reading I
Reading:
Ladefoged 1996, chapter 8, Johnson 5.2
Wk 5, Thu 10/28 -
Class 5b
More
on vowels and vowel systems. Spectrogram & waveform reading II
Reading:
Jongman, Fourakis, Sereno 1989; Peterson and Lehiste 1960
Wk 6, Tue 11/2 -
Class 6a
Acoustic
features of obstruents and sonorants. Spectrogram & waveform reading III
Reading:
Fujimura and Erickson, 1999 (pages 65-83; the rest is optional)
Wk 6, Thu 11/4 -
Class 6b
Fundamentals
of experimental design and experimental techniques
Reading:
Ladefoged, 1999 (optional: Borden, Harris & Raphael, chapter 7; Ladefoged
1996, chapters 9, 10, 11; Johnson, chapter 2 – note that the optional chapters
of B, H & R and Johnson are not on e-reserves, but the books themselves are
on reserve)
Wk 7, Tue 11/9 -
Class 7a
Spectrogram
& waveform reading IV
No
reading!
Second assignment due
Wk 7, Thu 11/11/ NO
CLASS: Veterans Day
Class paper proposals
due
Wk 8, Tue 11/16 -
Class 8a
The
basics of hearing
Reading:
Ladefoged 1996, chapter 6
Wk 8, Thu 11/18 -
Class 8b
Speech
perception
Reading:
Borden, Harris & Raphael, chapter 6: perception of speech (pp. 159-201)
Wk 9, Tue 11/23 -
Class 9a
Perceptual
characteristics of vowels and consonants
Reading:
Johnson, chapter 4 and sections 6.5, 6.6, 7.5, 8.4 and 8.5; Hawks and Fourakis,
1995
Wk 9, Thu 11/25 NO
CLASS: Thanksgiving
Wk 10, Tue 11/30 -
Class 10a
Exemplar
models of speech perception and speech production
Reading:
Johnson 1997; Pierrehumbert 2002
Wk 10, Thu 2/12 -
Class 10b
The
phonetics-phonology interface
Reading:
Beckman & Kingston 1990; Keating 1990 (optional: Stevens 1990; Ohala 1997;
Steriade 2000)
Third assignment due
Wk 11, Fri 10/12 –
Exam week
Class paper due