TOPICS IN PHONOLOGY
| Title | ΖΗΤΗΜΑΤΑ ΦΩΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ / TOPICS IN PHONOLOGY |
| Code | ΘΕΓ803 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | Philology |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600016013 |
Programme of Study: Glōssologías
Registered students: 7
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THeōrītikī kai Efarmosménī Glōssología | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Istorikī kai Valkanikī Glōssología | Mandatory Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600127666
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Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600127666
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Analytical thinking, ability to process and analyze (language) data
Learning Outcomes
After the successful completion of the course, the students will be able:
• to describe and analyze the basic phonological structures of Greek as well as of other languages,
• to process and manage a wide variety of phonological data,
• to apply specific models of analysis within the generative framework,
• to construct language activities and exercises for (a) teaching Greek as a native language and (b) teaching Greek as a second/foreign language.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Generate new research ideas
- Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
week 1: Speech sounds: Sound inventories; Greek
Distributions I: Phonemes vs. allophones; surface vs. underlying forms
week 2–3: Distinctive Features & Rules: Features as categorization devices; natural classes Quiz #1
Distributions II: Identifying alternations; morphophonemics, neutralization
week 4–5: Rule Interactions: Rule orders in phonology; levels in phonology
Empirical data: English Research topic assignment
week 6: Syllables: Poetic meter; psychological reality syllables; syllable weight; syllables in acquisition
Empirical data: Greek and cross-linguistic data
week 7: Stress and Feet: Metrical structure; the prosodic hierarchy; typology of stress; feet in acquisition
Empirical data: Various languages Quiz #2
week 8–9: Interface with Morphology: Reduplication, minimality, non-concatenative morphology
Empirical data: Various languages
week 10: Tone: Tonal contrasts; pitch accent systems
Empirical data: Ancient Greek; Vedic Sanskrit; Japanese
week 11: Autosegmental Phonology: Class behaviors; assimilation as spreading;
Empirical data: Assimilation in Karpathos Greek; Tk vowel harmony Quiz #3
week 12: Presentation of research topics
week 13: Conclusions
Keywords
Syllables, Stress and Feet, Tone, Autosegmental Phonology
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
The lectures are supported by audiovisual material (slides, sound files, videos, etc.) . Special software is used for the (phonetic) analysis of sound files (e.g. PRAAT). The course must take place in a fully-equipped lab which, unfortunately, is lacking.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 120 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 150 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 126 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 435 |
Student Assessment
Description
1. Midterm exam (30%)
2. Participation (10%)
3. Homework assignments/ Presentations/Final Report(60%)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
- Written Assignment (Formative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
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Additional bibliography for study
Hayes, Bruce. 2009. Introductory Phonology. Oxford: Willey-Blackwell.
Gussenhoven, Carlos & Haike Jakobs (2005/1998). Understanding Phonology. London: Hodder Education.
Kager, Rene. 1999. Optimality Theory. Cambridge.
Kenstowicz, Michael. 1994. Phonology in Generative Grammar. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers.
McCarthy, John J. 2008. Doing Optimality Theory. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Nespor, Marina & Irene Vogel. 1986. Prosodic Phonology. Dordrecht. Foris.
Roca, Iggy & Wyn Johnson. 1999. A Course in Phonology. Oxford. Blackwell Publishers.
Spencer, Andrew. 1995. Phonology: Theory and Description. Oxford, UK & Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.
Last Update
31-01-2020
