Syllabus
Linguistics 318
Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
Fall Semester 2004
Instructor: Siri G. Tuttle, Assistant Professor
Brooks 415
Office Hours: TBA
Requirements: Four quizzes, two midterms, one presentation/paper and final exam.
Midterms: 25%. Lowest of two midterm grades is dropped.
Quizzes: 25%. Lowest of four quiz grades is dropped.
Presentation/Paper 25%.
Final: 25%.
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Assignment due |
Test |
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8/31-9/3 |
Articulatory phonetics: consonant chart |
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9/6-9/10 |
Articulatory phonetics: consonant chart |
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9/10: Quiz on consonant production and perception, vocabulary |
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9/13-9/17 |
Articulatory phonetics: vowels |
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9/20-9/24 |
Articulatory phonetics: vowels; consonant dynamics, double articulations |
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9/20: Quiz on vowel production, perception; vocabulary |
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9/27-10/1 |
Review for Midterm 1: midterm |
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Midterm 1: consonant and vowel production and perception, articulatory phonetics, vocabulary |
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10/4-10/8 |
Acoustics: sound waves, consonants |
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10/11-10/15 |
Acoustics: Sound waves, vowels; introduce spectrograms |
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10/18-10/22 |
Acoustics: spectrograms |
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Quiz on basic acoustics: sound waves, spectrograms |
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10/25-10/29 |
Coarticulation |
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11/1-11/5 |
Suprasegmentals |
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11/8-11/12 |
Midterm review and midterm 2 |
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11/12: Midterm 2, acoustics; vocabulary; production/perception |
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11/15-11/19 |
Linguistic phonetics |
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11/22-11/24 |
Review and quiz on linguistic phonetics |
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11/24: quiz on linguistic phonetics |
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11/29-12/3 |
Short paper presentations and discussion |
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12/6-12/10 |
Review for final |
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12/____ |
Final exam |
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Final exam |