Course Description
Laboratory phonology is the investigation of issues in phonology by means of experimental methods. Phonetic transcriptions have been the basis of most work in phonology, but such observer judgements are inherently subjective and vague, providing at best a shaky empirical foundation to the field. Experimental methods yield objective, quantitative evidence to resolve factual questions about what sounds occur where. We will survey experimental work on phonological patterns, and work investigating how the knowledge of those patterns influences speech production and perception. We will also proactive experimental methods by designing and executing small-scale studies of acoustic production, speech perception, and pattern learning, using Praat and R.
Area Tags: Phonetics, Phonology, Experimental Methods, Quantitative Methods
(Sessions 1 & 2) Monday/Thursday 1:30pm – 2:50pm
Location: ILC S140
Instructor: Scott Myers
Scott Myers currently teaches at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, having previously taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies and Temple University. He received a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1987. He has done research in both phonetics and phonology, in particular focusing on the prosodic systems of Bantu languages.
