Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Michael Proctor
Contact via 02 9850 4137
AHH 3.525
Margaret Wood
Lecturer
Titia Benders
AHH 3.435
Lecturer
Anita Szakay
AHH 3.434
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
LING217
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Essential topics in speech acoustics are addressed commencing with general acoustic theory, focusing particularly on the phenomenon of resonance. This is followed by an examination of the acoustic theory of speech production, which describes the interaction between vocal sound sources and articulation used to create the vast array of speech sounds of the world's languages. The unit examines in detail the acoustics of vowels and consonants, voice quality, prosody (intonation and stress) and coarticulation. Practical laboratory workshops are an integral aspect of the unit.
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Submission
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Academic Honesty
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Informal study groups are encouraged as a good way to assist your learning, but please remember that all your independently assessed assignments must be totally independently completed. Unless you are doing a group project where each member contributes to producing one piece of work, for which you get the one mark, using part or all of another person's work constitutes collusion and breaches the University's Academic Honesty policy.
What is collusion?
This is the unauthorised presentation of group work as your own. It may involve
How can you avoid collusion?
It is recommended that you complete this Academic Integrity Module:
Academic honesty is considered to be extremely important by the Department of Linguistics and the University. All assignments are submitted to Turnitin and compared with other assignments (past and present) and with content on the internet. Serious breaches of academic honesty may result in failure of the unit or in extreme cases suspension or expulsion from the university.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Vowel Assignment | 30% | No | Week 8 |
Consonant Assignment | 30% | No | Week 11 |
Exam | 35% | No | Exam Period |
Research Participation | 5% | No | End of session |
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 30%
The Vowel assignment is based on the spectrogram reading skills acquired in the workshops. It requires students to acoustically analyse their own vowels and present a report comparing their vowel spaces to others from the literature.
Due: Week 11
Weighting: 30%
The Consonant Assignment is based on the spectrogram reading skills acquired in the workshops and lectures and requires analysis and interpretation of acoustic data.
Due: Exam Period
Weighting: 35%
The 90 minute final exam requires short-answer and/or extended responses to questions including stimulus material.
Due: End of session
Weighting: 5%
Research Participation
This session SPHL299 students will be offered research participation for 5% of the total unit credit. Research participation typically involves one hour of your time.
Research tasks that you can participate in are run by various members of the Linguistics, Psychology and Cognitive Science Departments including staff and research students.
Materials:
The learning and teaching strategies used in this Unit are structured around an extensive set of interactive text, image and audio based online materials as well as lecture presentations (recorded lectures and associated resources), readings and workshop participation. The unit iLearn site contains details of the timetable of topics with links to the relevant materials. Interaction with ilearn discussion facility is expected. Students must use ilearn to access important messages.
Attendance:
Attendance at practical workshop sessions is a necessary component of the unit. Practical workshop sessions are designed to help you develop the necessary skills and understanding required to meet the learning outcomes of the unit. The two major assignments and the exam require the ability to interpret acoustic data which you will learn in the pracs.
Text:
Reading List:
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