Selected issues in phonology, contrastive phonology, sociolinguistics - Sem. mgr. 2 3301-JFS2CZA
The discussion will center around the following topics:
1. language interference
2. contrastive phonology (English-Polish)
3. rules commonly subject to negative transfer
4. dialectology
5. social and regional varieties of spoken English
6. sociolinguistics
7. from structuralism to generativism
8. lexical phonology
9. current generative models (Optimality Theory)
10. syllable structure in the light of current generative models
11. phonetic grounding of phonological categories
12. markedness in grammar
13. phonological acquisition
14. sound change
15. historical phonology
16. phonetic conditioning of sound change
17. Illustrative examples are drawn from English and Polish as well as other languages.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
Acquiring knowledge
1. The student learns linguistic terminology as well as basic concepts and principles of linguistics.
2. The student learns linguistic methodology practiced in the U.S. and the U.K. and acquires the knowledge of theory construction.
3. The student expands his/her knowledge of English and Polish phonetics, phonology, morphology, sociolinguistics, sound change and dialectology.
4. The student learns how to use research tools and research techniques in phonology and morphology.
Acquiring expertise
1. The student acquires the expertise of how to use linguistic methodology in research projects.
2. The student acquires the expertise of how to construct his/her own research projects with regard to the goals, scope and methods.
Acquiring social skills
1. The student acquires the understanding of professional standards, especially the understanding of the ever changing environment in research and as well as the understanding of the importance of continuous education.
2. The student acquires social skills and understands the need to build social ties and engage in cooperation in the effort of making the world a better place.
Bibliography
de Lacy, Paul (2007) The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology. Cambridge University Press.
Jassem, Wiktor (1971) Podręcznik wymowy angielskiej. Warszawa: PWN
Kenstowicz, Michael (1993) Phonology in Generative Grammar. Wiley-Blackwell.
Rubach, J. (1984) Cyclic and lexical phonology: The structure of Polish. Foris Publications.
Sobkowiak, Włodzimierz (1996) English Phonetics for Poles. Poznań: Bene Nati
Trudgill, P., A. Hughes, and D. Watt (2005) English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles. Hodder Education.
Wardhaugh, Ronald (2009) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
Wells, J.C. (1982) Accents of English. Cambriddge University Press.
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