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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/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.13
LO.1	5	5	5
LO.2	5	5	5
LO.3	5	5	5
LO.4	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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