2/23/2015 LNGN331_02FA14 PHONETICS https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565 1/6 LNGN331_02FA14 PHONETICS Jump to Today Contact Information Instructor: Jonathan Howell Office Location: Schmitt 240C Office Hours: Mon 3:45pm, Wed 1pm, Thurs 1:30pm, or by appointment Email: [email protected]Course Description Phonetics studies the ways in which humans produce and hear speech. It bridges the distance between the practical study of the physics of sound and the abstract understanding of how humans process the structured sounds of a particular language. The course studies the English sound system and compares it to the sound systems of other languages with respect to place and manner of articulation, airstream mechanisms, and phonation types. The course also covers acoustic phonetics as it applies to the analysis of English sounds. Students will learn to read, segment, and label waveforms and spectrograms of English sentences. Phonetics has many practical applications including the reduction of foreign language accent, the treatment of speech disorders, the identification of regional accents, and the synthesis and recognition of speech by computer. The course covers issues related to these applications. Required Reading Ladefoged, Peter and Keith Johnson. 2014. A Course in Phonetics, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning: Stamford, CT. MSU bookstore (print & electronic available) (http://www.bkstr.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CourseMaterialsResultsView? catalogId=10001&categoryId=9604&storeId=10415&langId=1&programId=727&termId=100030930&divisionDisplayName=%20&departmentDisplayName=LNGN&courseDisplayName=331§ Coursesmart (electronic) (http://www.coursesmart.com/IR/4691307/9781285463407?__hdv=6.8) Companion website (http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/acip/) Harbors, Heidi M. 2013. A Workbook in Phonetics for Students. Pearson. MSU bookstore (print & electronic available) (http://www.bkstr.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CourseMaterialsResultsView? catalogId=10001&categoryId=9604&storeId=10415&langId=1&programId=727&termId=100030930&divisionDisplayName=%20&departmentDisplayName=LNGN&courseDisplayName=331§ Coursesmart (electronic) (http://www.coursesmart.com/IR/4691307/9780132825726?__hdv=6.8) Print copy on reserve at Sprague Library (2 hour loan) Course Requirements Phonetics is a handson and cumulative course. The best way to succeed is to work hard, don't fall behind and ask lots of questions. You are responsible for all the material in: the assigned readings homeworks and labs class lectures and discussions Evaluation Your grade will be based on the 6 quizzes listed on this syllabus, 6 labs (started in class; completed at home), regular homeworks and an assignment on the phonetics of an unfamiliar language The instructor reserves the right to scale grades up or down when an assignment or quiz is deemed to have been too difficult or too easy. Final cumulative grades will be rounded up or down to arrive at the closest full mark. Individual assignments will not be rounded for the purposes of grade calculation. Grades may only be changed for plain errors; matters of judgment are final. Details of Course Components Readings In general, Mondays are reserved for lecture. When possible, I will post any powerpoints or handouts on Canvas before class. You are encouraged and expected to come prepared (i.e. having done the assigned reading) and to participate actively. (Thursdays will typically be for labs, inclass practice of transcription and phonetic analysis and for quizzes.) Quizzes
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Course DescriptionPhonetics studies the ways in which humans produce and hear speech. It bridges the distance between the practical study of the physics of sound and the abstract understanding of howhumans process the structured sounds of a particular language. The course studies the English sound system and compares it to the sound systems of other languages with respect toplace and manner of articulation, airstream mechanisms, and phonation types. The course also covers acoustic phonetics as it applies to the analysis of English sounds. Students willlearn to read, segment, and label waveforms and spectrograms of English sentences.
Phonetics has many practical applications including the reduction of foreign language accent, the treatment of speech disorders, the identification of regional accents, and the synthesisand recognition of speech by computer. The course covers issues related to these applications.
Required ReadingLadefoged, Peter and Keith Johnson. 2014. A Course in Phonetics, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning: Stamford, CT.
Harbors, Heidi M. 2013. A Workbook in Phonetics for Students. Pearson.
MSU bookstore (print & electronic available) (http://www.bkstr.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CourseMaterialsResultsView?catalogId=10001&categoryId=9604&storeId=10415&langId=1&programId=727&termId=100030930&divisionDisplayName=%20&departmentDisplayName=LNGN&courseDisplayName=331§ionDisplayName=01%2C02&demoKey=null&purpose=browse)Coursesmart (electronic) (http://www.coursesmart.com/IR/4691307/9780132825726?__hdv=6.8)Print copy on reserve at Sprague Library (2 hour loan)
Course RequirementsPhonetics is a handson and cumulative course. The best way to succeed is to work hard, don't fall behind and ask lots of questions. You are responsible for all the material in:
the assigned readingshomeworks and labsclass lectures and discussions
EvaluationYour grade will be based on the 6 quizzes listed on this syllabus, 6 labs (started in class; completed at home), regular homeworks and an assignment on the phonetics of anunfamiliar languageThe instructor reserves the right to scale grades up or down when an assignment or quiz is deemed to have been too difficult or too easy. Final cumulative grades will be rounded upor down to arrive at the closest full mark. Individual assignments will not be rounded for the purposes of grade calculation. Grades may only be changed for plain errors; mattersof judgment are final.
Details of Course ComponentsReadings
In general, Mondays are reserved for lecture. When possible, I will post any powerpoints or handouts on Canvas before class. You are encouraged and expected to come prepared (i.e.having done the assigned reading) and to participate actively. (Thursdays will typically be for labs, inclass practice of transcription and phonetic analysis and for quizzes.)
The quizzes are meant to test your understanding of course material, including specific skills like transcription and acoustic analysis. The dates are listed in the calendar. They will occur
during the first 1020 minutes of a class. When possible, I will provide a review questions to help you study for quizzes.
There are no makeup quizzes in this class. However, I know that life happens and things come up. Therefore, you may miss one quiz without penalty. In other words, I will give six
quizzes, but your total score for quizzes will be based on your 5 best quizzes. The 6th quiz will be scheduled during the final exam period.
Homework
Homework assignments for each week will be listed in Canvas and due at the beginning of class.
Particularly in the first half of the course, many homework assignments will come from the Workbook. Since the answers are available at the back of the book, credit for these homeworks
will not be based on accuracy. Rather, I am asking you to correct your own work and summarize (min. 1 sentence) the parts of the homework you had difficulty with.
Some of the homework assignments will come from the textbook A Course in Phonetics. These assignments can be done online; they are interactive and you receive immediate
feedback on your work. You will submit a "certificate of completion" showing that you've completed them. Again, you should summarize (min. 1 sentence) what you had difficulty with.
Please note: Homework is due on the day specified even if you are absent on the day it is assigned. It is your responsibility to know what is due for each class.
Communication Policy
1. Yes, go ahead and call me Jonathan. (Dr. Howell or Prof. Howell is fine, too.)
2. Yes, go ahead and email me. This is the best way to contact me. I am generally happy to respond, however anything requiring more than a short reply should be brought to office
hours. I’ll do my best to respond promptly (e.g. within 48 hours), but please understand that I may not always be able to respond immediately or on weekends.
3. I will be making announcements and posting information about assignments on Canvas. Please make sure you set up your account so that you get notifications (email and text