COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 2059 PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims at providing introductory information on current theories of phonology, and enabling students to use phonological analysis software.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize vocal tract and its parts
2   Know distinctive features of speech sounds
3   Recognizing phonological patterns using multilingual data
4   Using phonological analysis software

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, introducing and discussing the syllabus, Vocal organs
2 Distinctive features of vowels and consonants and their transcription
3 Phonetic and phonemic (narrow and wide) transcription, writing phonological rules, phonological alternations
4 Phonological alternations, epenthesis, restrictions
5 Using Praat, acoustic properties of vowels (Praat exercise)
6 Acoustic properties of consonants
7 Suprasegmental phonemes
8 Mid-term exam
9 Distinctive feature geometry
10 Syllable structure
11 Syllable features
12 Phonological theories: Generative phonology, Optimality theory
13 Laboratory work
14 Laboratory work
15 Laboratory work
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Ladefoged, Peter. (2005). A Course in Phonetics. 5th ed. Thomson.

Supplementary Book(s):
Kenstowicz, Michael. (1994). Phonology in Generative Grammar. Blackwell.
Demircan, Ömer. (1996) Türkçenin Sesdizimi. Istanbul: Der Yayınları.
Ergenç, Iclal. (2002) Konuşma Dili ve Türkçenin Söyleyiş Sözlüğü. Istanbul: Multilingual.
Özsoy, Sumru. (2004) Türkçenin Yapısı I: Sesbilim. Istanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Gussenhoven, Carlos, and Haike Jacobs. (1998). Understanding Phonology. Hodder Arnold.
Hayes, Bruce. (2008). Introductory Phonology. Blackwell.
Goldsmith, John (1995). Handbook of Phonological Theory. Blackwell.
Ladefoged, Peter, and Ian Maddieson. (1996). Sounds of the World's Languages. Blackwell.
Stevens, Kenneth. (1998). Acoustic Phonetics. MIT Press.

Materials:
PRAAT software

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentations
Laboratory Sessions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + BUT * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is obligatory.
Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects and failure in class presentations.
Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments, term projects, presentations and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Özgün KOŞANER
Faculty of Letters
Department of Linguistics
Room Number: C157
Phone: 0232 301 86 29
ozgun.kosaner@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesday: 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Labratory 6 3 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 17 17
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555