The Last Week of Classes

Post date: Apr 21, 2018 3:50:44 AM

1. No written assignment this week: Homework 9 is our last written assignment.

2. Preparation for Monday -- Reading

Required reading:

Make a first pass on the final case in Labov and Harris. This has lots of technical linguistics, as illustrated in Figures 11.3 - 11.6b. We'll be working through the linguistics in class, but for Monday you have the non-technical side of the case under control.

Optional reading:

These are posted on the class website, with the usual password; note the suggested page numbers. If you make a preliminary pass through this, it will help with the class presentations. If the class presentation is confusing, referring to this may help.

Peter Ladefoged. 2001/2006. A Course in Phonetics

Chapter 1 (2006): Articulation & Acoustics:

Vowels pp. 11-13

Chapter 2 (2006): Phonology & Phonetic Transcription:

Intro pp. 1-2; Vowels and charts pp. 4-7

Chapter 8 (2001): Acoustic Phonetics:

Vowels and formants pp.170-8, 190-3; Figs 8.7, 8.9, 8.21, 8.22

Individual differences and speaker identification pp. 194-6, Fig 8.22

3. IThe take-home final exam will be distributed in class Wednesday; the exam is due 5 pm on Wednesday, 3 May. I'll answer questions about the exam in class Friday, so make a serious first pass on the exam before Friday's class.