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Module Description
Title
Code
Level
Credit rating
(points)
Prerequisites
Type of module
Aims
Learning outcomes
General Linguistics 1
LN132
One
20
None
Double
The aims for this module are set into the context of the QAA
Framework for Higher Education Qualifications and they relate to
the SEEC level descriptors for level 1 study. The module aims to:
 Develop students’ understanding of basic phonetic and
phonological concepts
 Introduce basic descriptive and analytical techniques in
phonetics and phonology
 Prepare students for more focused and in-depth linguistics
study in year 2
In relation to the QAA Framework for Higher Education
Qualifications and the SEEC level descriptors for level 1 study, by
the end of the module students should be able to:
1. Describe basic phonetic and phonological processes from a
variety of world’s languages
2. Undertake basic phonetic and phonological analyses in English
and in a variety of world’s languages
3. Transcribe, both phonetically and phonemically, a wide variety
of sounds and words from the world’s languages
4. Regiment phonetic data from an unfamiliar language into a
phonemic inventory
Content
Learning and teaching
strategies
Articulatory phonetics and the International Phonetic Alphabet
Phonemes and distinctive features
Morphemes and distinctive features
The basic techniques of field linguistics
Contact Time:
Lectures and workshops
Non-contact Time:
Phonetics and phonology exercises
Reading parts of books from the learning support list
Students submit an assignment and a set of phonetics and
phonology exercises
Learning support
Books:
Abercrombie, D. (1967) Elements of General Phonetics. Edinburgh:
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Edinburgh University Press.
Akmajian, A. et al (2001) Linguistics: An Introduction to Language
and Communication. 5th edn. Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
Ashby, P. (2005) Speech Sounds. London: Routledge.
Cipollone, N. et al. (eds) (1998) Language Files: Materials for an
Introduction to Language and Linguistics. 7th edn. Columbus: Ohio
State University Press.
Clark, J. and Yallop, C. (1990) An Introduction to Phonetics and
Phonology. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Davenport, M. and Hannahs, S. J. (2005) Introducing Phonetics and
Phonology. 2nd edn. London: Hodder Arnold.
Fromkin, V. and Rodman, R. (2003) An Introduction to Language.
7th edn. London: Thomson/Heinle.
Hawkins, P. (1984) Introducing Phonology. London: Hutchinson.
Ladefoged, P. (2001) Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to
the Sounds of Language. Oxford: Blackwell.
Ladefoged, P. and Maddieson, I. (1996) The Sounds of the World’s
Languages. Oxford: Blackwell.
Katamba, F. (1989) An Introduction to Phonology. London:
Longman.
Napoli, D.J. (1996) Linguistics: An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
O’Grady, W. et all (2005) Contemporary Linguistics. An
Introduction. 5th edn. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.
Radford, A. et al (1999) Linguistics: An Introduction. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
On-line resources:
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/linguistics/conson.html
http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandCons
onants/
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Edlpayne/maasai/maphon.htm
http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/vowels.html
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Assessment will be in the context of the University of Brighton
Assessment Policy and the Faculty Code of Practice in
Assessment, and students will be required to complete the following
tasks:
One take-away assignment which consists of short essay questions
and practical exercises and data analysis in phonetics and
phonology.
Assessment criteria
Each task will be marked on a percentage basis.
General criteria for assessment are framed by the SEEC
descriptors for level 1. Against specific criteria, credit will be
awarded for:
(LO1) Successful description and understanding of phonetic and
phonological concepts
(LO2) Successful analysis of phonetic and phonological data
(LO3) Demonstrating ability to transcribe sounds using the
International Phonetic Alphabet and determine which sounds are
phonologically significant in the language under analysis
(LO4) Demonstrating ability to describe the articulation of sounds
with specific reference to the geography of the vocal tract
All learning outcomes must be achieved in order to pass the module
at the threshold level.
Brief description of module This module presents the basic building blocks for developing
students’ understanding of phonology and phonetics. Descriptive
content and/or aims for
analysis in the two branches of linguistics enables students to
publicity
examine how different natural languages can be, by illustrating a
range of phonological and phonetic features.
Area examination board to Language/Linguistics
which module relates
Jelena Timotijevic and Jo Thatcher
Module team/authors/coordinator
Semester One
Semester offered
Timetable slot(s)
Falmer
Site where delivered
September 2006
Date of first approval
N/A
Date of last revision
September 2006
Date of approval of this
version
1
Version number
Yes
Replacement for previous
module
Route for which module is BA (Hons) Language Studies with Linguistics - core
acceptable and status in
that Route
Course(s) which module is BA (Hons) Language Studies with Linguistics - core
acceptable and status in
course
School of Languages
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External examiner(s)