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LNGS7563: Sounds of Language
2025 unit information
This unit covers analysis of the sounds of language as a foundation for understanding cultural diversity of language, and applications of linguistic understanding. Phonetics studies the physical properties of human speech. Phonology studies the representation and organization of sound in human language. This unit introduces students to these two core fields in linguistics, including an overview of the diversity found in the world's languages. Basic phonological patterns are explored and students are given hands-on practice in analysing these patterns. Students will learn principles of analysis of the sounds of language and diverse applications of knowledge and practice in this field.
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| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Linguistics |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. display a deepened understanding of the central concepts of phonetics and phonology
- LO2. analyse and describe sounds in terms of the basic articulatory and acoustic features
- LO3. analyse sound patterns in a language
- LO4. think like a linguist and articulate phonetic and phonological concepts and arguments
- LO5. demonstrate familiarity with some current phonetic and phonological frameworks and some ability to apply them to real language data and to broader applications
- LO6. understand and articulate relations between phonetics and phonology and other aspects of grammar and discourse, and applications of this knowledge
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