Anthropology 247a/b Phonological Analysis |
An introduction to the analysis of the sound systems of languages. Includes a discussion of the basic units of sound, their patterns of distribution and alternation. Topics to be covered are: articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, distinctive feature theory, the writing of rules to describe phonological patterns. The generative framework will be emphasized. |
Prerequisite: Anthropology 027a/b or Linguistics 288a/b or the former Antropology 021 or the former French 288a/b or permission of the Department Chair. |
3 hours, half course. |
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