OJ109 Phonetics for linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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
Tue 16:40–18:15 A42 stara
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 concentrates on the summary the 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. 215 pp. none. ISSN 1802-128X. 2008. URL info
  • 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. 194 pp. none. ISBN 978-80-7368-405-1. 2007. info
  • PALKOVÁ, Zdena. Fonetika a fonologie češtiny :s obecným úvodem do problematiky oboru. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum. 366 s. ISBN 80-7066-843-1. 1994. info
  • DVONČOVÁ, Jana. Fyziologická fonetika. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo. 156 s. 1980. info
  • Ptáček, Miroslav: Uvedení do akustické fonetiky. UK Praha 1993.
  • Manual of Phonetics. Amsterdam: North-Holland publishing company, 1968. info
  • HÁLA, Bohuslav. Fonetické obrazy hlásek českých, slovenských, francouzských, německých, ruských, polských, anglických, maďarských a španělských spolu se srovnávacím popisem výslovnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství. 127 s. 1960. URL info
Assessment methods
The course is a series of seminars where basic phonetic concepts acquired from the lecture and/or self-study are applied and demonstrated on concrete languages. It focuses on phonetic analysis of speech, including phonetic transcription. The course cannot be passed without regular attendance.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms 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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