Course Name	English Phonology
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Jong Hwan Seok
	Affiliation	Department of English Language and Literature, College of Humanities

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

• To develop student's comprehensive knowledge of fundamental aspects in the English sound

systems

• To familiarize students with some important concepts in phonological study

• To provide students with the ability to explore the primary literature in the relevant areas

• To enable students to analyse phonological data

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Main text

Katamba, F. 1989. An Introduction to Phonology. London: Longman.

Reference

Gussenhoven C. & Haike Jacobs, 2002. Understanding Phonology. London: Arnold.

Kager, René, 1999. Optimality Theory. Cambridge: CUP.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: No Assignments required

Grading Scheme: Midterm exam 40%, Final exam 40%, Presentation on Topics(will be given in class) 10%, Attendance 10%

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

In this course we will concentrate on how to analyze phonological data and we will survey phonological theory from SPE through OT, focusing on general issues in generative phonology, phonological features, types of phonological rules and their interaction, phonological opacity, cycle, metrical stress theory.

Syllabus (subject to change)

Week 1: Introduction to Phonetics

Week 2: What is Phonology?

Week 3: Chapter 2 Phoneme

Week 4: Chapter 3 Distinctive Features

Week 5: Chapter 4 Phonological Representations

Week 6: Chapter 5 Phonological Processes

Week 7: Chapter 6 Naturalness and Strength

Week 8: Midterm exam

Week 9: Chapter 7 Interaction between Rules

Week 10: Chapter 9 The Syllable

Week 11: Between the Segment and the Syllable

Week 12: Chapter 11 Stress and Intonation

Week 13: Chapter 12 Phonology in the Wider Context

Week 14: Optimality Theory

Week 15: Review/ Final exam

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 055-772-1125             e-mail: jh@gnu.ac.kr