Laboratory Phonology

Summer 2024, Möbius & Trouvain (V + Ü, 4 SWS, 6 CP, LSF #148371)

Advanced Lecture course
M.Sc. Language Science and Technology
M.Sc. Language and Communication Technologies
Standard time slot: 2nd semester.

Lecture (V): Wed 16.00-17.30, C7.1/U15
Exercise (Ü): Mon 10:15-11:45, C7.1/U15

Updated: July 22, 2024


Entrance requirements

Formally speaking, none, but some background in phonetics / speech science will be advantageous.>

Content

Laboratory Phonology is a term used for the scientific study of the units of spoken language, their organization, their grammatical function, and their role in speech production and perception. It represents the general shift towards experimental and quantitative approaches to the study of language across the discipline of linguistics and has emerged as a dominant approach to the study of sound systems since the 1990s. Course participants will develop a perspective on how research in laboratory phonology has shaped our understanding of phonological theory and of the relationship of phonological theory to empirical phonetic data.

Assessment / Exams

Portfolio: experimental work, project reports (paper + poster) (graded).
Registration for exam by July 19.
Term paper due by Sept 30.

Contact:
  Prof. Dr. Bernd Möbius, Email
  C7.2/4.10
  Dr. Jürgen Trouvain, Email
  C7.2/4.06

Schedule

Date Topic Slides Assignments
Wed 24.04. Introduction  
Mon 29.04. Course organization Short summary of Grice & Baumann
Select handbook chapter for presentation
Mon 06.05. First ideas for individual projects
Wed 22.05. Discussion of Grice & Baumann, Intonation models
Harsha: handbook ch. 21
Marc: handbook ch. 38
 
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Mon 27.05. Mihan: handbook ch. 41
Yuci: handbook ch. 42
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Wed 29.05. Further development of individual projects (1, 2)
Mon 03.06. Further development of individual projects (3, 4)
Tone, pitch accent, and intonation languages
 
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Wed 05.06. project work
Mon 17.06. Class team meeting
Mon 24.06. project work
Mon 08.07. Class team meeting
Mon 15.07. Class team meeting (online)
feedback on first draft of posters
Thu 18.07. final version of posters (pdf) for printing
Mon 22.07. Poster presentations
30.09. Term paper due

Literature

The Oxford Handbook of Language Prosody
Grice & Baumann: An Introduction to Intonation - Functions and Models
Kingston & Beckman: Between the Grammar and Physics of Speech
Harrington, Pouplier & Reinisch: Introducing abstraction, diversity, and speech dynamics

Resources


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