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2/23/2015 LNGN331_02FA14 PHONETICS

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LNGN331_02FA14 PHONETICSJump to Today

Contact InformationInstructor: Jonathan Howell

Office Location: Schmitt 240C

Office Hours: Mon 3:45pm, Wed 1pm, Thurs 1:30pm, or by appointment

Email: [email protected]

Course DescriptionPhonetics studies the ways in which humans produce and hear speech. It bridges the distance between the practical study of the physics of sound and the abstract understanding of howhumans process the structured sounds of a particular language. The course studies the English sound system and compares it to the sound systems of other languages with respect toplace and manner of articulation, airstream mechanisms, and phonation types. The course also covers acoustic phonetics as it applies to the analysis of English sounds. Students willlearn to read, segment, and label waveforms and spectrograms of English sentences.

Phonetics has many practical applications including the reduction of foreign language accent, the treatment of speech disorders, the identification of regional accents, and the synthesisand recognition of speech by computer. The course covers issues related to these applications.

Required ReadingLadefoged, Peter and Keith Johnson. 2014. A Course in Phonetics, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning: Stamford, CT.

MSU bookstore (print & electronic available) (http://www.bkstr.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CourseMaterialsResultsView?catalogId=10001&categoryId=9604&storeId=10415&langId=1&programId=727&termId=100030930&divisionDisplayName=%20&departmentDisplayName=LNGN&courseDisplayName=331&sectionDisplayName=01%2C02&demoKey=null&purpose=browse)Coursesmart (electronic) (http://www.coursesmart.com/IR/4691307/9781285463407?__hdv=6.8)Companion website (http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/acip/)

Harbors, Heidi M. 2013. A Workbook in Phonetics for Students. Pearson.

MSU bookstore (print & electronic available) (http://www.bkstr.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CourseMaterialsResultsView?catalogId=10001&categoryId=9604&storeId=10415&langId=1&programId=727&termId=100030930&divisionDisplayName=%20&departmentDisplayName=LNGN&courseDisplayName=331&sectionDisplayName=01%2C02&demoKey=null&purpose=browse)Coursesmart (electronic) (http://www.coursesmart.com/IR/4691307/9780132825726?__hdv=6.8)Print copy on reserve at Sprague Library (2 hour loan)

Course RequirementsPhonetics is a handson and cumulative course. The best way to succeed is to work hard, don't fall behind and ask lots of questions. You are responsible for all the material in:

the assigned readingshomeworks and labsclass lectures and discussions

EvaluationYour grade will be based on the 6 quizzes listed on this syllabus, 6 labs (started in class; completed at home), regular homeworks and an assignment on the phonetics of anunfamiliar languageThe instructor reserves the right to scale grades up or down when an assignment or quiz is deemed to have been too difficult or too easy. Final cumulative grades will be rounded upor down to arrive at the closest full mark. Individual assignments will not be rounded for the purposes of grade calculation. Grades may only be changed for plain errors; mattersof judgment are final.

Details of Course ComponentsReadings

In general, Mondays are reserved for lecture. When possible, I will post any powerpoints or handouts on Canvas before class. You are encouraged and expected to come prepared (i.e.having done the assigned reading) and to participate actively. (Thursdays will typically be for labs, inclass practice of transcription and phonetic analysis and for quizzes.)

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Date Details

Thu Sep 4, 2014 Lab1: McGurk Effect (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?

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Mon Sep 8, 2014 Lecture: Articulation & Acoustics (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Lab1: McGurk (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/53015)

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Reading: CIP Chap1 (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/53017) due by

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Wed Sep 10, 2014 Office Hour (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Thu Sep 11, 2014 Lab2: peace/peas (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Sep 15, 2014 Lecture: Articulation & Acoustics continued (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Lab2: peace/peas (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/53028)

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The quizzes are meant to test your understanding of course material, including specific skills like transcription and acoustic analysis. The dates are listed in the calendar. They will occur

during the first 1020 minutes of a class. When possible, I will provide a review questions to help you study for quizzes.

There are no makeup quizzes in this class. However, I know that life happens and things come up. Therefore, you may miss one quiz without penalty. In other words, I will give six

quizzes, but your total score for quizzes will be based on your 5 best quizzes. The 6th quiz will be scheduled during the final exam period.

Homework

Homework assignments for each week will be listed in Canvas and due at the beginning of class.

Particularly in the first half of the course, many homework assignments will come from the Workbook. Since the answers are available at the back of the book, credit for these homeworks

will not be based on accuracy. Rather, I am asking you to correct your own work and summarize (min. 1 sentence) the parts of the homework you had difficulty with.

Some of the homework assignments will come from the textbook A Course in Phonetics. These assignments can be done online; they are interactive and you receive immediate

feedback on your work. You will submit a "certificate of completion" showing that you've completed them. Again, you should summarize (min. 1 sentence) what you had difficulty with.

Please note: Homework is due on the day specified even if you are absent on the day it is assigned. It is your responsibility to know what is due for each class.

Communication Policy

1. Yes, go ahead and call me Jonathan. (Dr. Howell or Prof. Howell is fine, too.)

2. Yes, go ahead and email me. This is the best way to contact me. I am generally happy to respond, however anything requiring more than a short reply should be brought to office

hours. I’ll do my best to respond promptly (e.g. within 48 hours), but please understand that I may not always be able to respond immediately or on weekends.

3. I will be making announcements and posting information about assignments on Canvas. Please make sure you set up your account so that you get notifications (email and text

message notifications are both options).





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Thu Sep 18, 2014 Transcription Workshop (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Sep 22, 2014 Lab3: Duck call (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Reading: CIP Chap2 (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/53026) due by

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Thu Sep 25, 2014 Lecture: Phonology & Phonetic Transcription (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Sep 29, 2014 Lecture: English Vowels (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Lab3:Vowel Articulation (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/67896) due by

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Chap4, Course in Phonetics (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/71729) due by

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Thu Oct 2, 2014 Transcription Workshop (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Oct 6, 2014 Lecture: English Vowels Continued (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Quiz2 (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/52936) due by

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Thu Oct 9, 2014 Lab4: pie/spy (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Oct 13, 2014 Lecture: English Consonants (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Reading: Chap3, Course in Phonetics (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/71730) due by

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Mon Oct 20, 2014 Lecture: English Consonants Continued (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Thu Oct 23, 2014 Lab5: Vowel Plot (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Oct 27, 2014 Lab5: plotting vowels (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/75920) due by 11:30am



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Mon Nov 3, 2014 Lecture: Acoustic Phonetics (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Reading: Chap8 Course in Phonetics (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/76098) due by

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Thu Nov 6, 2014 Lab6 (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Nov 10, 2014 Lecture: Airstream Mechanisms (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Homework8 (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/78523) due by

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Lab6: Reading wavs (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/79366) due by

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Wed Nov 12, 2014 Office Hour (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Thu Nov 13, 2014 Spectrogram Workshop (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Nov 17, 2014 Lecture: Acoustics con't (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Thu Nov 20, 2014 Spectrogram Practice (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Nov 24, 2014 Lecture: Airstream Mechanisms (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Thu Nov 27, 2014 no class (Thanksgiving) (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Mon Dec 1, 2014 Lecture: Airstream Mechanisms / States of the Glottis (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Pick an unfamiliar language (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/83783) due by

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Reading: Textbook Chap 6 (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/84983) due by

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Thu Dec 4, 2014 Lecture/Exercise: Consonantal Gesture (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Places of Articulation (aka Gestures) (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/84992) due by

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Reading: Textbook Chap 7 (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/84985) due by

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Mon Dec 8, 2014 Quiz 6 (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/84996) due by

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Thu Dec 11, 2014 last class (https://montclair.instructure.com/calendar?


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Fri Dec 12, 2014 Language Report (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/84986) due by 11:59pm

Mon Dec 15, 2014 Quiz 7 (https://montclair.instructure.com/courses/30565/assignments/87991) due by 10:15am









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