COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHONOLOGICAL INQUIRIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 2048 PHONOLOGICAL INQUIRIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims at providing introductory information on current theories of phonology, and
enabling students to use phonological analysis software.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To become knowledgeable about speech organs and distinctive features of speech sounds
2   To become knowledgeable about current theories of phonology
3   To be able to detect and analyse phonological patterns cross-linguistically
4   To be able to use phonological analysis software

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Introduction 2. Presentation and discussion of the syllabus 3. Speech Organs
2 1. Distinctive features and transcription of vowels 2. Distinctive features and transcription of consonants
3 1. Phonetic and Phonological transcription 2. Phonological Rules 3. Phonological alternations and derivations
4 1. Phonological alternations and derivations 2. Constraints
5 1. Introduction to Praat 2. Acoustics of Vowels
6 1. Acoustics of Consonants
7 1. Suprasegmentals
8 Midterm
9 1. Feature Geometry
10 1. Syllable Structure 2. Syllibification
11 1. Syllable
12 1. Theories of Phonology: Generative Phonology, Optimality Theory
13 Laboratory
14 Laboratory

Recomended or Required Reading

Kenstowicz, Michael. (1994). Phonology in Generative Grammar. Blackwell.
Ladefoged, Peter. (2005). A Course in Phonetics. 5th ed. Thomson.
Demircan, Ömer. (1996) Türkçenin Sesdizimi. Istanbul: Der Yayınları.
Ergenç, Iclal. (2002) Konuşma Dili ve Türkçenin Söyleyiş Sözlüğü. Istanbul:
Multilingual
Özsoy, Sumru. (2004) Türkçenin Yapısı I: Sesbilim. Istanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
Yayınları
Gussenhoven, Carlos, and Haike Jacobs. (1998). Understanding Phonology. Hodder Arnold.
Hayes, Bruce. (2008). Introductory Phonology. Blackwell.
Goldsmith, John (1995). Handbook of Phonological Theory. Blackwell.
Ladefoged, Peter, and Ian Maddieson. (1996). Sounds of the World's Languages.Blackwell.
Stevens, Kenneth. (1998). Acoustic Phonetics. MIT Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentations
Laboratory Sessions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-4 will be assessed via midterm examination

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

80% class attendance is obligatory.
Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the
homework assignments/projects and failure in class presentations.
Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments, term projects, presentations and
exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Dr. Özgün KOŞANER
Faculty of Letters
Department of Linguistics
Room Number: C157
Phone: 0232 301 86 29

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Labratory 5 3 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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