FF:Va3 Anal. tut. on the Viet. phon. - Course Information

Va3 Analytical tutorial on the Vietnamese phonetics

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ondřej Pazdírek (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 8:00–9:40 J22

Prerequisites

Vj1 General phonetics and phonology for Vietnamese studies + Vu1 Linguistical terminology for Vietnamese studies

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

• Vietnamese Studies (programme FF, B-VIE_) (2)

Course objectives

The goal of the course is to deepen the general knowledge of phonetics and phonology and to apply it to various analytical problems. Great attention will therefore be given to particular analyses both within the class and in separate tasks assigned to students. The course Analytical tutorial on the Vietnamese phonetics is a profile core course of the study programme Vietnamese Studies. Content of this course and acquired knowledge will be also a part of the Final State Examination.

Learning outcomes

By passing the course the students will
- gain extended knowledge of phonetics and phonology, their principles and methods
- acquire the knowledge of the sound characteristics of the world's languages
- be able to analyze the sound structure of languages both from the phonetic and phonological perspective
- understand and be able to apply principles of phonological analysis on particular problems

Syllabus

• Phonetics and phonology, differences and common interests
• Phonetic classification of consonants in the world's languages
• Phonetic classification of vowels in the world's languages
• Syllable and suprasegmental phonic means in the world's languages
• Phonological analysis, basic terms and principles
• Neutralization and defective distribution
• Phonotactics, sonority, syllable typology, syllable weight
• Phonological organization of utterances
• Changes of sound segments, sandhi, mutation
• Phonological typology

Literature

• Zsiga, Elizabeth. 2013. The Sounds of Language. Wiley-Blackwell.
• SKARNITZL, Radek, Pavel ŠTURM a Jan VOLÍN. Zvuková báze řečové komunikace : fonetický a fonologický popis řeči. První vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016. 170 stran. ISBN 9788024632728.
• ASHBY, Michael a John A. MAIDMENT. Úvod do obecné fonetiky. První české vydání. 192 stran. ISBN 9788024623221.
• BIČAN, Aleš. Phonotactics of Czech. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2013. 343 s. Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes - Volume 81. ISBN 978-3-631-63136-2.
• DUBĚDA, Tomáš. Jazyky a jejich zvuky : univerzálie a typologie ve fonetice a fonologii. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2005. 230 s. ISBN 8024610736.
• Nguyễn Thị Hai. 2017. Ngữ ạm học tiếng Việt hiện đại. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Thanh Niên.

Teaching methods

seminar, discussion, exercises, analysis, reading

Assessment methods

active participation, homework, self-study, written test; all homework tasks must be fulfilled and at least 60 % of correct answers in the test is needed

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
  
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