Linguistics 410: ARTICULATORY PHONETICS Course Syllabus		FALL 2005, Linguistics Department, University of Hawai’i / Manoa
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Section 1: TR  9:00–10:15, Moore Hall 102		Patricia Donegan <donegan@hawaii.edu> Office Hours: TBA
Section  2: TR  9:00–10:15, Moore Hall 575 Section  3: TR  1:30–2:45,   Moore Hall 575		David Stampe <stampe@hawaii.edu> Office Hours: TBA
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Course Description & Goals: Intensive training in recognition, reproduction, and transcription of human speech sounds in preparation for field work with unrecorded languages, description of phonetic variation and acquisition, and clinical work in speech pathology.
    In this course, you will learn about the mechanisms used to produce the great variety of human speech sounds, how to describe those sounds, how to transcribe them in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), and how to produce and perceive them accurately. By the end of the course, you should be adept at transcribing the sounds of English and a wide range of sounds of the languages of the world.

Text: Peter Ladefoged, A Course in Phonetics, 5th ed. with CD-ROM, Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 2006. (This new edition has significant revisions, and it now includes a very good CD-ROM, so the Ladefoged text Vowels and Consonants (2001) is optional.)
    The CD that comes with the book is an essential feature. When a reading assignment is made, the CD sections are assigned, too. The text has marks in the margin that indicate relevant CD material: you should be listening to (and looking at) these CD parts as well as reading the text.
   A web version of the CD, as well as the Vowels and Consonants CD, is online at UCLA.
   Some handouts will be used. Other readings, and links on the 410 website, may be assigned. 

Instructional Methods: Readings, web materials, lecture, discussion, small group work, in- and out-of-class exercises.

Summary of Assignments (details in Calendar):	Approx. % of final grade
• weekly readings -- about a chapter every 1-2 weeks	----
• 6-7 main homework assignments, and occasional others	25%
• 3 transcription/production quizzes	30%
• midterm exam	25%
• cumulative final exam	20%
	Total: 100%

Grading: You will be graded on your performance on quizzes, tests, homework, and your final project. Attendance and participation will be considered in your grade as well. The approximate grading scale, which may be adjusted as necessary, is: A 90–100%, B 80–89%, C 70–79%, D 60–69%, F 0–59%.

Participation: Your success in this course depends on constant, active participation. You all will be required to produce and identify sounds in class on a daily basis. This may seem scary or silly at first, but excessive shyness can only prevent you from mastering the association of sounds with articulations.

Working Together: You are encouraged to work together on homework, transcription and production practice, and preparing for quizzes and exams. But in all cases, each individual will submit his or her own unique answers to the questions asked. (In other words, you can work together, but don't copy.)

Attendance: It goes without saying that your attendance is expected. Due to the pace and format of this course, missing class will work against you. Be sure to keep up with the reading, too, since lectures and class activities will assume that you have already done the assignments to date.

Late Homework and Missed Quizzes: Late homework will not be accepted except in the cases of an excused absence. If you are absent on the day the homework is due, it must be passed in the day you return to class. Do not miss quizzes! Make-up quizzes will require a doctor's excuse.

Calendar: The schedule on the Fall 2005 calendar is subject to serious revision. We are using a new schedule, and plans don't always work out perfectly. Quiz dates are approximate.