Department of Linguistics
LING901: Phonetics and Phonology: Semester 1 2012
Reading List
Required Reading
Cox, F. (2012) Australian English: Pronunciation and Transcription, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Audio files for the text can be found here.
Mannell, R., Cox, F., & Harrington, J. (2008), An introduction to phonetics and phonology, Macquarie University.
Please note:
- These two resources complement each other and both are required. The links in the lecture table below are links to topics within the on-line teaching-learning resource and to sound files associated with the textbook.
Recommended Reading
Clark, J., Yallop, C., & Fletcher, J. (2007), An introduction to phonetics and phonology, Blackwell (3rd edition).
Ladefoged, P. and Johnson, K. (2010), A course in phonetics, 6th edition, Thomas Wadsworth, Boston.
- You can read this if you wish (and its recommended that you do so), BUT you must understand that the descriptive phonetic transcriptions mostly relate to American English (not Australian English) and should not be used as a guide in any transcription assessment.
Hayes, B. (2008) Introductory Phonology, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester.
An important resource for studying Australian English is the Australian Voices Website
Topics and Suggested Study Timetable
The following is a suggested timetable for your study in LING901. The timetable follows on-campus week numbers. The date in the brackets is the Monday of each week and should not be confused with due dates for the various assignments.
There are numerous resources to help you with concept and theory development as well as the attainment of transcription skills. The unit requires the parallel development of both concepts and skills so each week you will be engaged in theory and practice.
Resources for theory are labeled A and B Resources for skill based learning are labelled C and D.
A. Refers to the relevant sections in the textbook.
B. Refers to the theory based webpages.
C. Refers to Tutorial web resources or textbook transcription notes
D. Refers to Textbook Exercises. This is the minimum set of exercises. You are encouraged to complete more than the minimum in order to develop transcription proficiency. All solutions to the transcription exercises are given in the textbook.
iLectures (ECHO360) will be recorded for LING217 which contains some parallel content. LING901 students are invited to share this resource. There are additional Powerpoint presentations downloadable from iLecture most weeks. ilectures are uploaded on Friday afternoon. They should be available for access on Friday evenings.
Some additional tutorial materials are also available. These are labelled C below and can also be found in the table at the end of this page (see below).
Suggested Timetable
| Week 1: 27th February | iLecture. week 1: Introduction to Speech Production | |||
| A. | Text sections 1.1-1.3 & 2.1-2.4 | |||
| B. | General Phonetics Web Module: Introduction to Speech Production | |||
| Phonemic Transcription Skill Development Resources | ||||
| C. | Transcription Resources: Textbook sections 4.1-4.32 | |||
| D. | Exercises 4Ai), 4Aii), Ex4B, 4C, 4D, 4E (click here for audio files) | |||
| Week 2: 5th March | iLecture. week 2: Consonants | |||
| A. | Text sections 2.5-2.63 | |||
| B. | General Phonetics Web Module: Consonants | |||
| IPA Module: IPA | ||||
| IPA Module: IPA - Pulmonic Consonants | ||||
| Phonemic Transcription Skill Development Resources | ||||
| C. | Transcription Resources: Textbook sections 4.4 | |||
| D. | Exercises 4F, 4G Set 1, 4HSet1, 4I Set 1 & 2 (click here for audio files) | |||
| Week 3: 12th March | iLecture. week 3: Vowels and Vowel Systems | |||
| A. | Text sections 2.7-2.73 | |||
| B. | General Phonetics Web Module: Vowels | |||
| General Phonetics Module: Vowel Systems | ||||
| IPA Module: Vowels | ||||
| Phonemic Transcription Skill Development Resources | ||||
| C. | Transcription Resources: Textbook sections 4.5-4.72 | |||
| D. | Exercises 4J Set 1, 4Ka, 4La, 4M Set 1, 4Na) (click here for audio files) | |||
| Week 4: 19th March | iLecture. week 4: Airstream Mechanisms and Laryngeal Features and Complex Articulations | |||
| A. | Text sections 2.64-2.65 | |||
| B. | General Phonetics Module: Airstream and Laryngeal Features in Speech Production | |||
| General Phonetics Module: Complex Articulations | ||||
| IPA Module: Non-Pulmonic Consonants | ||||
| IPA Module: Diacritics | ||||
| Phonemic Transcription Skill Development Resources | ||||
| C. | Transcription Resources: Textbook sections 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 | |||
| D. | Exercises 4O(a-d) (click here for audio files) | |||
| submit 10 words | ||||
| Week 5: 26th March | Revision of IPA in preparation for IPA General Phonetics Assignment | |||
| B. | IPA Module: International Phonetic Alphabet | |||
| IPA Module: Pulmonic and Non-Pulmonic Consonants | ||||
| IPA Module: Vowels | ||||
| IPA Module: Diacritics | ||||
| General Phonetics Assignment Due 30/3/12 | ||||
| Week 6: 2nd April | Phonemic Transcription Skill Development Resources | |||
| iLecture. week 5: Phonemic Transcription | ||||
| C. | Revise Text Chapter 4 | |||
| D. | Prepare transcription of the 'Paul' passage PRIOR to listening to ilecture | |||
| Break 9th April | Phonemic Transcription Assignment Due 13/4/12 | |||
| Break 16th April | Revision of IPA in preparation for online IPA transcription test | |||
| B. | IPA Module: International Phonetic Alphabet | |||
| IPA Module: Pulmonic and Non-Pulmonic Consonants | ||||
| IPA Module: Vowels | ||||
| IPA Module: Diacritics | ||||
| Week 7: 23rd April | iLecture. week 7: Phoneme and Allophone/Phonemics | |||
| B. | Phonology Module: Introduction to Phonology | |||
| Phonology Module: Phoneme and Allophone | ||||
| C. | Phoneme and Allophone Tutorial Activities | |||
| C. | Phonemics Tutorial Activities | |||
| Online IPA transcription test 27/4/12 | ||||
| Week 8: 30th April | iLecture. week 8: Coarticulation | |||
| B. | General Phonetics Module: Coarticulation | |||
| B. | Phonology Module: Distinctive Features | |||
| C. | Coarticulation Tutorial Activities | |||
| Week 9: 7th May | iLecture. week 9: Syllable and Foot ilecture. | |||
| A. | Text Chapter 3 | |||
| B. | Phonology Module: The Syllable and the Foot | |||
| C. | Syllable Tutorial Activities | |||
| Phonetic Transcription Skill Development Resources | ||||
| C. | Transcription Resources: Textbook sections 5.1-5.2.3 | |||
| D. | Exercises 5A Sets 1 & 2 (click here for audio files) | |||
| Week 10: 14th May | Underlying Representations | |||
| B. | Phonology Module: Generative Phonology | |||
| Phonetic Transcription Skill Development Resources | ||||
| C. | Transcription Resources: Textbook sections 5.2.4-5.2.8 | |||
| D. | Exercises 5B Set 1 & 5C Set 1 (click here for audio files) | |||
| Week 11: 21st May | Phonetic Transcription Skill Development Resources | |||
| C. | Transcription Resources: Textbook sections 5.2.9-5.3 -5.4 | |||
| D. | Exercises 5Gix) -4Na), c), d) (click here for audio files) | |||
| Phonology Assignment Due 25/5/12 | ||||
| Week 12: 28th May | Phonetic Transcription Skill Development Resources | |||
| iLecture. week 11: Phonetic Transcription | ||||
| D. | Prepare North Wind Passage PRIOR to listening to ilecture | |||
| Week 13: 4th June | iLecture. week 12: The Phonology of Intonation | |||
| B. | Phonology Module:The Phonology of Intonation | |||
| Phonetic Transcription Assignment Due 15/6/12 | ||||
Tutorials
Theory Tutorials
The links below for the theory tutorials and solutions thatshould be read in conjunction with the relevant topic notes provided above.
Week |
Week Beginning | Tutorial | Solution |
6 |
2 April | Phonemic Transcription | |
7 |
23 April | Phoneme and Allophone | Phoneme and Allophone Solution |
| Phonemics | Phonemics Solution | ||
8 |
30 April | Coarticulation | Coarticulation Solution |
| Syllable and Word | Syllable and Word Solution | ||
12 |
28 May | Phonetic Transcription |