L306: Phonetics (3 cr)
Instructor: Robert Port
TR 2:30 - 3:45, BH 208
Section 2857
Recommended: LING L303


An introduction to phonetics with emphasis on the principles of speech
production and on practical skills in discriminating and transcribing
sounds from various languages of the world. Topics to be covered
include vocal tract anatomy, phonation, airstream mechanisms, the
International Phonetic Association (IPA) transcription alphabet, the
classification of speech sounds, types of transcription (broad vs.
narrow, phonemic vs. phonetic), pitch, stress, tempo, and loudness and
speech perception.