COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 1019 PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS COMPULSORY 2 1 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZCAN VURAL

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims at providing students with the foundations and basic notions of phonetics and phonology, with the knowledge about how speech sounds are produced and categorised, in which phonetic and phonological processes do the sounds appear and what kinds of variations these processes cause, and which rule patterns underlie these variations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define the basic concepts of phonetics and phonology
2   distinguish the phonetic symbols for speech sounds
3   categorise the speech sounds
4   explain how the speech sounds are produced
5   how sounds are related to each other and which processes have effect on these sounds
6   analyse various samples from the sound systems of different languages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Production of Sounds Evolutionary development of speech Speech sounds Production of sounds
2 Vocal Tract Vocal Tract Vocal Organs
3 Consonant Production Phonetics Language/speech sounds Categorisation of language/speech sounds Consonants Vowels Place of Articulation Manner of Articulation Voicing
4 Vowel Production Height Backness Roundedness Length
5 Phonetic Alphabet History of Phonetic Alphabet and the motive for a phonetic alphabet International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols in IPA
6 Segmental Phonemes Segmental Phonemes: Phonemes Minimal Pairs Distinctive Features Phone Allophone
7 Allophones Phonological Environment Aspiration Nasalisation Palatalisation Complementary Distribution Predictability of Redundant Features Free Variation
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Syllable Syllable Structure Onset Nucleus Coda Rhyme Syllable Patterns Consonant Clusters
10 Suprasegmental Phonemes Suprasegmental phonemes: basic definitions Juncture Pause Stress Word Stress Primary Stress Secondary Stress
11 Stress Stress patterns for nouns Stress patterns for verbs Sentence Stress
12 Intonation Intonation Sentence Intonation Intonation Patterns Focus Intonation
13 Phonological Processes Elision Epentheses Assimilation Dissimilation Metathesis Gemination Hiatus Devoicing
14 Morpho-phonological Processes Morpho-phonological Processes Allophonic variations Morpho-phonological Rules

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Katamba, Francis. (1989). An introduction to phonology. Essex, England: Longman.
2. Laver, J. (1995). Principles of Phonetics. Cambridge: Cambrigde University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1- Lecture
2. 2- Presentation
3. 3- Exercises on linguistic data

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The students will also be assessed with regard to participation and overall attitude during lectures. The assesment will be graded via Lecture Activity Assesment sections in the VISA and FINAL exams.

Assessment Criteria

1. 1- Learning outcomes 1, 4 ,5 and 6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. 2- Learning outcome 2 and 3 will be evaluated via the assignment.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 80% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Özgün KOŞANER
Faculty of Letters Department of Linguistics
Room No: C157

Office Hours

Monday 13:15 - 15:00
Wednesday 13:15 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 4 8 32
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.5555
LO.6555

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