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Acoustic Phonetics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:24.11.2020 12:02:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_051 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Solveiga Čeirane | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Language Centre | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Rīga, Dzirciema iela 16, valodas rsu[pnkts]lv, valodasrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061586 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 2 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in Phonetics acquired at the Bachelor’s study programme “Speech Therapy”. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide a basic knowledge in acoustic phonetics and branches of acoustic phonetics, to acquire the basics of acoustic analysis of sounds; to promote the use and extension of specific vocabulary for academic and professional needs. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Acoustic phonetics – a field of science. Acoustic phonetics among other branches of linguistics. Development of acoustic phonetics in Latvia. Researchers of acoustic phonetics in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Basics of sound acoustic description. Terms of acoustic phonetics (frequency, spectrum of the sound, pitch, spectrogram, oscilogram, structure of formants, formant transitions, coarticulation, closure and burst, speech perception). Spectrum of the sound according to the gender, age and anatomical features. Available software for acoustic analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Spectral analysis: Latvian vowels and diphthongs and their spectral characteristics. Recognition of vowels and diphthongs. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Spectral analysis: Latvian fricatives and their spectral characteristics. Differences in spectrum of fricatives and approximants. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Spectral analysis: Latvian stops and affricates and their spectral characteristics. Differences in spectrum of vowels and consonants. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Spectral analysis: Latvian nasal consonants and their spectral characteristics. Analysis of all Latvian sounds by using spectrographic method. Problems in acoustic description of sounds. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Test. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Spectral characteristic of the Latvian sounds. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Regular attendance, active participation in classes, accumulative evaluation at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The students will be able: - to explain and understand special terminology of acoustic phonetics; - to understand the spectrum of sound, make a description of measurements; - to understand and analyse sounds of the Latvian language by using spectral features; - to analyse and explain problems associated with the acoustic analysis of the sounds. | ||||||||
| Skills: | - to use acoustic analysis of sounds for professional needs in speech therapy; - to use a software for acoustic analysis; - to use special terminology of acoustic phonetics; - to formulate one’s opinion. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon a successful completion of the course, students will be able to analyse all Latvian sounds according to its spectral characteristics. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Markus D., Grigorjevs J. Fonētikas pētīšanas un vizualizēšanas metodes. I. Fonētikas pētīšanas metodes. R.: Rasa ABC, 2002. | ||||||||
| 2 | Grigorjevs J. Spektrogrāfijas metode un tās loma mūsdienu akustiskajā fonētikā. Baltu filoloģija VIII, 619. sēj. Rīga: LU, 1998., 34.-42.lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Latviešu valodas gramatika. Rīga: LU Latviešu valodas institūts, 2013. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Laua A. Latviešu literārās valodas fonētika. 4. izd., pārstr. un papildin. R.: Zvaigzne, 1997. | ||||||||
| 2 | Strautiņa V., Šulce Dz. Latviešu literārās valodas fonētika, ortoepija un ortogrāfija. Liepāja: LiePA, 2004. | ||||||||
| 3 | Stevens K. N. Acoustic Phonetics. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1998. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kent R. D., Read C. The Acoustic Analysis of Speech. San Diego, California: Singular Publishing Group, Inc., 1992. | ||||||||
| 5 | Fant G. Acoustic Theory of Speech Production. The Hague: Mouton, 1970. | ||||||||
| 6 | Ladefoged P. Elements of Acoustic Phonetics. The University of Chicago Press, Ltd. London, 1996. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyNrmiJQ4dI | ||||||||
| 2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m-gudHhLxc | ||||||||
