Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Felicity Cox
Contact via felicity.cox@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to GDipSphComm
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit focuses on important theoretical aspects of phonetics and phonology and provides targeted training in the phonemic and phonetic transcription of spoken English and phonological analysis of known and unknown languages. Students learn to use the International Phonetic Alphabet to explore aspects of the world's languages and gain a thorough understanding of the articulation of vowels and consonants as well as complex articulations, airstream mechanisms, and laryngeal features. Phonological principles relating to phonemes and allophones, syllables, and word stress are also addressed.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
It is a requirement of this unit that all assessment tasks be submitted before a passing grade can be assigned.
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Articulatory Phonetics | 20% | Week 7 |
IPA Test | 10% | Week 8 |
Phonetic Transcription | 25% | Week 12-13 |
Phonology Assignment | 20% | Week 11 |
Phonemic Transcription | 25% | Weeks 4-6 |
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 20%
Short answer task with questions ranging from simple descriptive to complex interpretative ansalyses.
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 10%
Online test assessing recognition and representation of sounds of the world’s languages
Due: Week 12-13
Weighting: 25%
Phonetic/allophonic transcription task involving analysis of single words, short phrases and a passage using the principles of the IPA applied to the examination of Australian English.
Due: Week 11
Weighting: 20%
Students engage with real and artificial language data in problem based tasks designed as both learning and assessment tools. The language problems require a sophisticated level of understanding of phonetic/phonological theory. Standard phonological reporting techniques and discursive text is required when responding to these problems.
Due: Weeks 4-6
Weighting: 25%
Phonemic transcription tasks involving analysis of single words, short phrases and passages using both the Harrington Cox and Evans revised transcription system and the Mitchell and Delbridge Transcription System.
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