OJ103 Introduction to phonetics - theory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
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.
The capacity limit for the course is 240 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/240, only registered: 0/240, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/240
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain general problems of an auxiliary linguistic discipline - phonetics. Students will learn about scientific terminology and methods of phonetic research and will be able to use this knowledge in their further studies. Having passed this course, students will also be able to explain the process of speech production, to characterize speech sounds according to their properties and to apply the international phonetic transcription on concrete languages, in particular on Czech.
Syllabus
  • I. Phonetics, its position in linguistic science
  • II. The process of the production of speech
  • III. Basic classification of sounds: consonants, vowels, suprasegmental features
  • IV. Phonetic transcription, International phonetic alphabet (IPA)
  • V. Acoustic level of speech
  • VI. Syllable and its phonetic nature
  • VII. Prosodic means from articulatory and acoustic point of view
  • VIII. Prosodic organization of speech
  • IX. Intersegmental articulatory co-ordination – overview
  • X. Phonology and its basic concepts
Literature
    required literature
  • Elektronická skripta Fonetika, http://is.muni.cz/elportal/estud/ff/js07/fonetika/materialy/index.html
    recommended literature
  • 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
  • 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. 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
  • Handbook of the international phonetic association : a guide to the use of the international phonetic alphabet (objednáno). ISBN 0-521-63571-1. info
  • LADEFOGED, Peter: A Course in Phonetics. (5. vydání 2006)
  • LODGE, Ken: A Critical Introduction to Phonetics (2009)
Teaching methods
a series of lectures
Assessment methods
Written exam consisting of four questions focusing on the basic notions of the discipline and phonetic classification; at least 60 % of correct answers is needed to pass; due to limited time of the lectures, a considerable part of the course is self-study; it is not compulsory to attend the lectures
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.
Course is no more offered.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nelze zapisovat spolu s XXXX romanistika
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk/files/fonetika/
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 2008, 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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