OJ528 Functional Phonology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 9:10–10:45 N42
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The course wants to introduce students to functional phonology of a tradition different to the phonology of Prague School, namely with a phonological theory of André Martinet and his followers. The development of phonology followed a different path than the development of phonology in post-WWII Czechoslovakia, although both built upon theories of Nikolai S. Trubetzkoy and Roman Jakobson. At the end of the course students will be able to explain differences between these approaches, to summarize basic principles of functional phonology and to apply them on the sound structure of various languages. They will also be able to evaluate advantages and drawbacks of the particular theories.
Syllabus
  • 1. Functional phonology in the historical context
  • 2. Functions of language
  • 3. Phoneme, allophone, phonological form
  • 4. Oppositions
  • 5. Neutralization and archiphoneme
  • 6. Distribution of phonemes, distributional unit
  • 7. Suprasegmental features (accent, tones, diaereme)
  • 8. Application of the theory of a concrete language
Literature
  • Mulder, J. W. F. 1968. Sets and Relations in Phonology. Oxford.
  • AKAMATSU, Tsutomu. Japanese phonology : a functional approach. Muenchen: Lincom Europa, 2000, xxii, 373. ISBN 3895865443. info
  • TRUBECKOJ, Nikolaj Sergejevič. Grundzüge der Phonologie. 7. Aufl. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1989, 297 s. ISBN 3-525-26401-1. info
  • AKAMATSU, Tsutomu. The theory of neutralization and the archiphoneme in functional phonology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1988, xxi, 533 s. ISBN 90-272-3537-6. info
  • TRUBECKOJ, Nikolaj Sergejevič. Osnovy fonologii. Translated by Aleksandr Aleksejevič Cholodovič. Moskva: Izdatel'stvo inostrannoj literatury, 1960, 371 s. info
  • MARTINET, André. Phonology as functional phonetics. London: Oxford University Press, 1949, 40 p. info
  • TRUBECKOJ, Nikolaj Sergejevič. Grundzüge der Phonologie. Prague: Cercle linguistique de Prague, 1939, 271 s. URL info
Teaching methods
seminar, discussion, readings, presentations
Assessment methods
active participation, presentation, essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021.
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