OJ103 Introduction to phonetics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–16:35 zruseno D21
Prerequisites
First cycle, the course provides fundamental information about phonetics.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course of lectures concentrates on a summary of problems of an auxiliary linguistic discipline - phonetics. Its aim is to help students to see the importance of phonetics for understanding language, to clarify the meaning of commonly used terms, and to interprete scientific information.
Syllabus
  • I. Phonetics, its position in lingiustic science.
  • II. Spoken and written language, its function and relationships.
  • III. Phonetic transcription, its principles and types.
  • IV. Methods of phonetic analysis of speech.
  • V. The biological basis of speech.
  • VI. Articulation; place and aspect of articulation; articulatory co-ordination and phonetic settings.
  • VII. Vocoid segments. Vocoid articulation.
  • VIII. Consonants; consonants system.
  • IX. Acoustic level of speech.
  • X. The prosodic organisation of speech.
  • XI. The metrical and temporal organisation of speech.
  • XII. Intersegmental articulatory co-ordination.
Literature
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Fonetika a fonologie (Phonetics and phonologie). 2. doplněné. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Eplortál, 2008, 215 pp. none. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • PALKOVÁ, Zdena. Fonetika a fonologie češtiny :s obecným úvodem do problematiky oboru. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1994, 366 s. ISBN 80-7066-843-1. info
  • Manual of Phonetics. Amsterdam: North-Holland publishing company, 1968. info
  • Další literatura v publikaci na Elportálu.
  • Speciální germanistickou odbornou literaturu zadává učitel vedoucí semináře.
  • KRČMOVÁ, Marie. Úvod do fonetiky a fonologie pro bohemisty (Introduction to phonetics and phonology for students of Czech). 2., doplněné. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2007, 194 pp. none. ISBN 978-80-7368-405-1. info
Assessment methods
The course has a form of lectures where the basic phonetic terms and concepts are explained. The lecture is accompanied by seminars where the theory is demonstrated on conrete languages. The exam is written: the student is expected to make a phonetic desciption of sounds, understand and apply phonetic terms and explain some general thesis of the field.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Ukončení zápočtem je možné pouze pro kredit typu C. Uděluje se na základě aktivní účasti při výuce.
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nelze zapisovat spolu s XXXX romnistika
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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