ENGLISH PHONOLOGY
Basic principles of phonetics and phonology applied to the description of English and other languages.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify basic acoustic features of human language sounds Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify basic articulatory descriptions of human language sounds Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Observe and describe the distribution of sounds in human languages Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Understand different levels of representation in the speech chain Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Develop language specific materials to support acoustic phonetic and phonological analysis Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify basic acoustic features of human language sounds Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify basic articulatory descriptions of human language sounds Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Observe and describe the distribution of sounds in human languages Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Understand different levels of representation in the speech chain Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Develop language specific materials to support acoustic phonetic and phonological analysis Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027