1. Introduction to Phonetics Spring 2003
Instructor: Karen Steffen Chung

Eligibility:

       Students who have successfully completed one semester of an introductory phonetics course; others by permission only. This course is highly recommended for anyone planning to do advanced work in phonetics or linguistics. A serious but friendly course!

Textbooks:

       Ladefoged, Peter. 1993. A Course in Phonetics. 4th edition. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers. 308pp. Available at Crane's 文鶴.

       Ladefoged, Peter. 2001. Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. Malden/Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. 191pp. Paper. Includes excellent CD-ROM. Available at Crane's文鶴. Original price: NT$1,200; with discount, a bit over NT$1,000. Well worth it! But grab before they're sold out.

Course description:

       This course is a continuation of Karen Chung's Introduction to Phonetics Course; though students who have taken other phonetics courses are also welcome. The primary goal of the course will be to finish Ladefoged's A Course in Phonetics, starting from Chapter Six, 'Airstream Mechanisms and Phonation Types', and to go through the material in Ladefoged's Vowels and Consonants. Practical exercises in English pronunciation will be assigned as time permits, with emphasis on consolidating past progress and identifying and fine-tuning areas left for improvement. A number of Net assignments will be given, and students will get more practice in using the WASP spectrograph and other speech tools.

Grade calculation:

       Students will be graded on written work, quizzes, oral presentations, and a final, as well as attendance, class participation, attitude, and progress made.

       
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