The course will focus on current theories of speech production and perception and explore key research issues relating to the physiological, biological, physical, and cognitive aspects of speech. Students will have the opportunity to work with articulatory and acoustic data and carry out experimental work. The relation between phonetics and phonology will be explored and emphasis will be given to advances in current phonological theory. Reading material will include influential papers on major lines of research in phonological theory aiming to enhance students' critical understanding of current principles of phonological analysis. Project work will be assigned to students which will enable them to work with data and provide a critical evaluation of different approaches to phonological analysis. Course handouts and other materials (audio files, videos, internet sites) are uploaded on eclass.
