Phonology is one of the important branches of linguistics. This study deals with the sound patterns and its meanings between different languages. Sound structure in individual languages is taught to have a more in-depth understanding of linguistics.
You are provided with the basic knowledge of phonology in this [course_title]. This will enable you to understand the phonetic basis of speech and learn how metrical and prosodic structure is all about.
Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
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Course Credit: MIT
Course Curriculum
Module 01 | |||
Basic Premises of the Generative Approach | 00:30:00 | ||
Early Generative Model | 01:00:00 | ||
Ordered Rules | 00:45:00 | ||
Derivational Constraints and Conspiracies | 00:45:00 | ||
Phonotactics and Markedness | 00:45:00 | ||
Optimality Theory: The Basics | 01:15:00 | ||
Optimality Theory: Allophonic Distribution and Phonological Scales | 01:15:00 | ||
Optimality Theory: Positional Faithfulness, Constraint Conjunction, Global Comparison | 01:00:00 | ||
Optimality Theory: Serial Derivations | 00:45:00 | ||
Feature Organization-1 | 00:45:00 | ||
Feature Organization-2: Organization Below The Root Node | 01:00:00 | ||
Feature Organization-3: Underspecification | 00:45:00 | ||
Licensing by Cue and P-Map | 01:00:00 | ||
Contrast and Perceptual Distinctiveness | 00:45:00 | ||
Module 02 | |||
Tone-1: African Languages | 00:45:00 | ||
Tone-2: Asian Languages | 01:00:00 | ||
Harmony – 1 | 00:45:00 | ||
Harmony – 2 | 00:45:00 | ||
Syllable-1: Sonority | 01:00:00 | ||
Syllable-2: Syllable Parsing | 00:45:00 | ||
Syllable-3: Weight | 00:10:00 | ||
Stress-1: Metrical Grid | 00:30:00 | ||
Stress-2: Trochaic Typology | 00:45:00 | ||
Stress-3: Stress in Windows | 00:45:00 | ||
Stress-4: Peak Prominence Systems | 00:45:00 | ||
Prosodic Morphology-1 | 00:45:00 | ||
Prosodic Morphology-2a: Hypocoristics and Clippings: Three Case Studies | 00:15:00 | ||
Prosodic Morphology-2b: Hypocoristics in Fon (Ewe) and Spanish | 00:30:00 | ||
Prosodic Morphology-2c: Japanese Hypocoristics, Truncations, and Argots | 00:15:00 | ||
Assessment | |||
Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
Certification | 00:00:00 |
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