IDB619 - PHONETICS and PHONOLOGY

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
PHONETICS and PHONOLOGY IDB619 1st Semester 3 0 3 7
Prequisites
Course languageEnglish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesDiscussion
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
 
Instructor (s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suhan Akıncı Oktay 
Course objectiveThe aim of this course is to study speech processes, to describe how speech sounds are produced, transmitted and perceived and to study systems and patterns of sounds in particular languages, with a specific reference to Turkish and English.  
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of the semester the students will:
  2. Recognise the speech organs,
  3. Define the speech organs,
  4. Recognise, define, list and classify short, long, diphthong, triphthong vowels and consonants in English,
  5. Recognise the sounds of short, long, diphthong, triphthong vowels and consonants within a word in English,
  6. Write the phonemic and phonetic transcription of English words by using the International Phonetic Alphabet,
  7. Recognize segmental and suprasegmental features and sound processes in Turkish.
Course ContentThe Production of speech sounds, long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs, voicing and consonants, phoneme , fricatives and affricates, nasals and other consonants  
ReferencesCrystal, D. (1997). A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell.

Demircan, Ö. (1979). Türkiye Türkçesinin ses düzeni, Türkiye Türkçesinde sesler. Ankara: TDK: I/ab

Ergenç, İ. (1995). Konuşma dili ve Türkçenin Söyleyiş Sözlüğü: Bir Deneme. Ankara: Şafak Matbaası.

Özsoy, S. (2004). Türkçe?nin yapısı, Sesbilim. İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi

Roach, P. (2009). English phonetics and phonology: A practical course. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction
Week 2The Phoneme, fricatives and affricates
Week 3Strong & Weak Syllables, stress in simple words
Week 4Complex Word Stress, weak forms
Week 5Problems in phonemic analysis, aspects of connected speech
Week 6Orthographic transcription
Week 7Mid-term
Week 8Turkish phonology
Week 9Intonation in Turkish
Week 10Phonetic and phonological processes in Turkish
Week 11Contrastive analysis
Week 12Contrastive analysis (continued)
Week 13English accents and dialects
Week 14Turkish accents and dialects
Week 15Preparation for the final exam
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance340
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments110
Presentation110
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms130
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes350
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes150
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14342
Presentation / Seminar Preparation7535
Project000
Homework assignment7963
Midterms (Study duration)188
Final Exam (Study duration) 12020
Total Workload4448210

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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