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Latvian Phonetics and Phonology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:11
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_127 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Solveiga Čeirane | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 17 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 34 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in Phonetics acquired at a secondary school. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide a basic knowledge in phonetics and phonology; 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 | Phonetics – a field of science. Methods of phonetic research. Phonetic researches of the Latvian language. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Articulatory phonetics. Speech organs. Theories of speech production. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Traditional phonetic transcription of the Latvian language. Symbols of Latvian sounds. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Classification and problems of the system of Standard Latvian. Analysis of vowels and diphthongs. Analysis of consonants. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | International Phonetic Association and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Meaning of IPA in Latvian phonetics. Classification and symbols of Latvian sounds. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Class test. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Phonology – a field of science. Phonology among other branches of linguistics. Theories and schools of phonology. Development of phonology in Latvia. Relationships of phonetics and phonology. Distinctive opinions in the beginning of the 20th century. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Phonological structure. Phonemes and allophones – the meaning and relationships. Opinions of various phonological schools in analysis of phonemes and allophones. Monophones and biphones. Quantity and quality of vocalism. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Phonological processes and rules of the Latvian language. Positional and historical phoneme changes, their analysis. Pronunciation conditions for phonemes /e/, /ē/. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 10 | Methods of phonological analysis and its practical use. Phonological analysis of vowels, consonants and syllables. Problems in classification of phonemes. Suprasegmental features: syllable, stress and intonation. Generative phonology and the phoneme as a class of phones in complementary distribution. Binary distinctive features in acoustic and articulatory terms. The importance of acoustic phonetics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 11 | Children language phonemic development and its problems. Phonological basis of the Latvian language aquisition tests. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Class test. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | 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. Available software for acoustic analysis. The terms of acoustic phonetics (frequency, spectrum of the sound, spectrogram, oscilogram, the structure of formants, speech perception). The spectrum of the sound according to the gender, age and anatomical features. | Lectures | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 14 | Spectral analysis: Latvian vowels and diphthongs and their spectral characteristics. Recognition of vowels and diphthongs. | Classes | 2.00 | computer room | |||||
| 15 | Spectral analysis: Latvian fricatives and their spectral characteristics. Differences in spectrum of fricatives and approximants. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 16 | Spectral analysis: Latvian stops and affricates and their spectral characteristics. Differences in spectrum of vowels and consonants. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 17 | 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 | computer room | |||||
| 18 | Class test. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Latvian and international phonetic transcription of the text (5-7 sentences) using the phonetic alphabet must be performed during the semester. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Accumulative evaluation at the end of the course: three tests during semester (50%, 25% and 25% respectively): classification of the Latvian sounds and Latvian phonetic transcription, phoneme changes, acoustic analysis of the sounds. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful course completion the students will be able: to explain and understand special terminology of phonetics and phonology; to understand and classify sounds of the Latvian language; to analyse and explain problems associated with classification of the sounds; to use Latvian and International phonetic transcription, compare both of them; to understand and analyse relationships between phonetics and phonology; 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: | Upon a successful completion of the course, students will be able: to use special terminology of phonetics and phonology; to use phonetic transcription for professional needs in speech therapy; to use and compare methods of the phonological analysis; to use acoustic analysis of sounds for professional needs in speech therapy; to use a software for acoustic analysis; to formulate one’s opinion. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon a successful completion of the course, students will be able to understand classification of Latvian sounds according to phonetic and phonology rules; to apply symbols of International Phonetic Alphabet in practice; to analyse all Latvian sounds according to its spectral characteristics. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Nītiņa, D., Grigorjevs J. (red.) 2013. Latviešu valodas gramatika. Rīga: LU Latviešu valodas institūts. | ||||||||
| 2 | Markus, D., Bonda, Dz. 2014. Ievads fonoloģijā. Rīga: RPIVA. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Grigorjevs, J. 2010. Latviešu valodas līdzskaņu klasifikācija. Latvistika un somugristika Latvijas Universitātē. Rīga: LU Humanitāro zinātņu fakultāte, 22-30. | ||||||||
| 2 | Grigorjevs, J. 1998. Spektrogrāfijas metode un tās loma mūsdienu akustiskajā fonētikā. Baltu filoloģija VIII, 619. sēj. Rīga: LU, 34-42. | ||||||||
| 3 | Laua, A. 1997. Latviešu literārās valodas fonētika. 4. izd., pārstr. un papildin. Rīga: Zvaigzne. | ||||||||
| 4 | Markus, D. 2002. Latviešu valodas fonēmu galvenās šķīrējpazīmes fonoloģijas attīstības kontekstā. Humanitāro zinātņu vēstnesis, nr. 1. Daugavpils Universitāte, 61-67. | ||||||||
| 5 | Markus, D., Grigorjevs, J. 2002. Fonētikas pētīšanas un vizualizēšanas metodes. I. Fonētikas pētīšanas metodes. Rīga: Rasa ABC. | ||||||||
| 6 | Strautiņa, V., Šulce, Dz. 2004. Latviešu literārās valodas fonētika, ortoepija un ortogrāfija. Liepāja: LiePA. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Ladefoged, P. 1975. A Course in Phonetics. Los Angeles, University of California. | ||||||||
| 2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg4IHbiITd0 | ||||||||
| 3 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyNrmiJQ4dI | ||||||||
| 4 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-RVpvofhSY | ||||||||
