LNGS2621 - Phonology (2009)

Undergraduate - Senior

 

Department: Linguistics School: School of Letters, Art and Media Semester(s): Semester 2 Credit Points: 6 Co-ordinator: Dr T Borowsky Email: Toni.Borowsky@usyd.edu.au Telephone: 9351 3479

UoS Description

This course will provide a foundation in the principles and methods of linguistic argumentation particularly with respect to phonological analysis and the interaction of phonetics and phonology. Development of theories from SPE through to Optimality Theory. Topics include; basic phonological analysis; distinctive features, underlying representations, abstractness, rules and constraints, the role and function of prosodic structure: the prosodic hierarchy syllables, tone and stress; markedness.

This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program.

UoS Learning Situations:

Lectures, Tutorials ,  Two 1hour and one 1hour tutorial per week.
Two 1hour and one 1hour tutorial per week.

UoS Assessment:

One 2000 word assessment : 5 problem sets: phonological analysis exercises. One 2500 word final exam.

Prerequisites:

Either (two of LNGS1001, LNGS1002, LNGS1003, LNGS1004, LNGS1005) or (Credit average in 12 Senior credit points from one of the foreign languages (French, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, German, Latin, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Indonesian, Malay, Korean, Thai, Yiddish, Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic, Sanskrit))

General Comments:

Please note PREREQUISITE CHANGE:
The only prerequisite for this class is LNGS1001.