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The structure of language is not only about its grammar or words. It also needs to deal with the system of the sounds of each word since sounds might affect its meaning and implications once pronounced by communicators.
Good communication skills should practically implement good speaking skills which phonology enters in. In this [course_title] you will understand the impact of language structure focusing on phonology that can actually affect linguistics and its meaning.
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 | |||
| Introduction, course overview, vowels: articulatory description and transcription | 01:00:00 | ||
| Consonants: articulatory description and transcription; distinctive features | 01:00:00 | ||
| Phonological versus phonetic representations | 01:00:00 | ||
| Alternations and derivations I | 00:45:00 | ||
| Alternations and derivations II | 01:00:00 | ||
| Constraints | 00:45:00 | ||
| Phonetics I: acoustics of vowels, using Praat | 00:45:00 | ||
| Phonetics II: acoustics of consonants | 00:45:00 | ||
| Phonetics III: suprasegmentals | 01:00:00 | ||
| Feature geometry | 01:00:00 | ||
| Sociolinguistic variables | 01:00:00 | ||
| American English dialects | 01:00:00 | ||
| Module 01 | |||
| Tone I: African languages | 01:00:00 | ||
| Tone II: Asian languages | 01:00:00 | ||
| Tone III: intonation and phrasing | 01:00:00 | ||
| Syllables I: structure and syllabification | 01:00:00 | ||
| Syllables II: sonority | 01:00:00 | ||
| Stress I: prominence | 00:45:00 | ||
| Stress II: rhythm | 01:00:00 | ||
| Stress III: weight | 01:00:00 | ||
| Prosodic morphology: reduplication and truncation | 01:00:00 | ||
| Loanword phonology | 01:00:00 | ||
| Review | 00:45:00 | ||
| Assessment | |||
| Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
| Certification | 00:00:00 | ||
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