BASLP 1st Semester Notes  » Paper 4: Linguistics and Phonetics

Unit 2: Phonetics and Phonology

• Introduction to phonetics
• Articulatory, acoustic, auditory and experimental phonetics – an introduction
• Articulatory classification of sounds – segmental and supra-segmental
• Classification description and recognition of vowels and consonants
• Pathological aspects of speech sound production
• Transcription systems with special emphasis on IPA. Transcription of samples of normal and disordered speech
• Introduction to phonology, classification of speech sounds on the basis of distinctive features and phonotactics
• Application of distinctive feature theory to speech pathology and speech therapy, phonotactics, phonotactic patterns of English and Indian languages
• Phonemic analysis – Principles and practices; their practical implications for speech pathologists
• Common phonological processes – assimilation, dissimilation, metathesis, haplology, epenthesis, spoonerism, vowel harmony, nasalization, neutralization