Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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LING 4600 - Introduction to Phonetics
Phonetics is the study of the sounds of language. The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the theoretical principles of this field and the methods by which it is studied. With the presence of computers containing sound cards and free software for acoustic analysis, it is now possible for students to become active participants in their acquisition of phonetic concepts. Therefore, in addition to learning from readings, lectures, discussions, and assignments, students have several opportunities to analyze the speech of themselves and others.
Requisites: LING 3500
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to describe the concepts of acoustic, articulatory, and sociophonetics and define the terminology relevant to each.
- Students will be able to recognize the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and be able to read them and use them to transcribe oral speech.
- Students will be able to use speech as data to create, label and analyze broad band spectrograms using the programs of Praat (Boersma, 2003) and Akustyk (Plichta, 2004).
- Students will be able to utilize the same tools listed above to visually show the effect of social and linguistic constraints on sound production.
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