Description and contextualization of the subject

The main objective of the course is to offer students the background necessary to carry out phonetic-phonological work. The topics to be covered will be, among others, the main aspects of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, natural classes in phonology, underlying representations and derivational rules, syllabic structure, and suprasegmental phonology. Some of these topics will be presented in a historical context as well, so that students comprehend the most relevant phonological ideas and concepts on the subject and the state of current research on the subject. The presentations will always be based on empirical data from different languages, and a fundamental role will be played by practical exercises in phonetics and phonology.

The second main objective is to familiarize the student with Laboratory Phonology, a vision of phonology that aims to provide phonetic evidence to explain phonological phenomena of all sorts. Laboratory Phonology is couched in the branch of experimental linguistics: statement of an empirical research question, design of production/perception experiments, selection of subjects, recording / presentation of stimuli, acoustic / articulatory analysis, quantification of results and statistical analysis, interpretation of results, and extraction of conclusions. Ultimately, the final objective would be to ensure that the student could design an experimental of laboratory phonology that could be carried out in future courses.

Learning outcomes of the subject

To be able to distinguish between phonetic (acoustic and articulatory) and phonological phenomena and their relationship with morphology.

Understand the linguistic variation and extract and formalise the phonetic and phonological properties of different natural languages.

Understand and use the reasoning of the most influential theoretical proposals on the phonology of natural languages.

Understand and use the specialist terminology usual in the fields of phonetics, phonology and morphology.

Ordinary call: orientations and renunciation

The evaluation will consist of the design of an experimental investigation related to a topic in phonetics or phonology and also various activities during the course. Attendance will be crucial, as practical exercises will be carried out in class and active participation is expected.



The design of an experimental investigation will make up 50% of the mark, the practical exercises 40% and attendance and active participation 10%.

Extraordinary call: orientations and renunciation

The design of an experimental investigation will make up 100% of the mark.

Temary

First part (Dorota Krajewska):



1. Introduction. Phonetics and phonology.

2. Articulatory and acoustic phonetics.

3. Research methodology in phonetics and phonology: field work and experimental investigations.



Obligatory readings:

Ashby, Michael & Maidment, John. 2005. Introducing phonetic science. Cambridge University Press.

Podesva, Robert J. & Zsiga, Elisabeth. 2013. Sound recordings: Acoustic and articulatory data. In Research methods in linguistics (p. 169–194). Cambridge University Press.



Second part (Gorka Elordieta):



1. Phonemes and allophones

2. Underlying representations.

3. Phonological features.

4. Rules and derivations.

5. Research methodology in phonetics and phonology: field work and experimental investigations.



Obligatory readings:

Gussenhoven, Carlos & Jacobs, Haike. 2017. Understanding phonology. London: Routledge.

Odden, David. 2005. Introducing phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Bibliography

Compulsory materials

Ashby, Michael & Maidment, John. 2005. Introducing phonetic science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.



Podesva, Robert J. & Zsiga, Elisabeth. 2013. Sound recordings: Acoustic and articulatory data. In Research methods in linguistics (pp. 169-194). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.



Gussenhoven, Carlos & Jacobs, Haike. 2017. Understanding phonology. London: Routledge.



Odden, David. 2005. Introducing phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Basic bibliography

- Introductions to phonetics and phonology:



Clark, John, Colin Yallop and Janet Fletcher. 2007. An introduction to phonetics and

phonology. [3rd edition]. Blackwell Publishing.

Davenport, Mike, and S. J. Hannahs. 2013. Introducing phonetics and phonology. [3rd edition]. London: Routledge.



- Phonetics:



Ashby, Patricia. 2011. Understanding Phonetics. Malden / Oxford: Blackwell.

Fernández Planas, Ana M. 2005. Así se habla. Nociones fundamentales de fonética general y española. Barcelona: Horsori.

Gil Fernández, Juana. 1990. Los sonidos del lenguaje. Madrid: Síntesis.

Ladefoged, Peter. 2001. Vowels and consonants. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Ladefoged, Peter. 2003. Phonetic data analysis. Blackwell Publishing.

Ladefoged, Peter, and Ian Maddieson. 1996. The sounds of the world’s languages. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Ladefoged, Peter, and Keith Johnson. 2011. A course in phonetics (6th ed.; with CD-ROM). Cengage Learning.

Martínez Celdrán, Eugenio, and Fernández Planas, Ana M. 2007. Manual de fonética española: Articulaciones y sonidos del español. Barcelona: Ariel.



- Phonology:



Gussenhoven, Carlos, and Haike Jacobs. 2017. Understanding phonology. [4th edition]. London: Routledge.

Hayes, Bruce. 2009. Introductory phonology. Wiley-Blackwell.

Odden, David. 2005. Introducing phonology. Cambridge University Press.

In-depth bibliography

To be presented in class in the presentation of the course.

Journals

Lingua.



Language and Speech.



Journal of Phonetics.



Probus



Speech Communication.



Language and Speech

Links

http://phonetics.ucla.edu



Access to sounds in A course in phonetics and Vowels and consonants, by Peter Ladefoged



http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm



Access to sounds inn Handbook of the International Phonetic Association



http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org



Official web page of the International Phonetic Association



http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/



Interactive web page with IPA sounds



http://www.praat.org



Access to acoustic analysis software Praat, used worldwide by phonetic practitioners.



http://phonology.wordpress.com



Blog of Natural Phonology



http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/PhonLab/users/ohala/index3.html



John Ohala's web page