GENERAL INFORMATION

Phonology introduces students to basic practical and descriptive levels of the English sound system and to such principles in other languages. As regards phonetics, the course covers the vocal tract and its function in producing speech sounds. Consonants and vowels are described in articulatory terms, and students are taught phonetic transcription. Moreover, attention is drawn to the problems that students could have in learning English pronunciation. Concerning phonology, on the other hand, students study the contrastive sounds of language - phonemes- as well as the phonological processes whereby the pronunciation of such sounds is affected when grouped with other sounds. Besides, the course covers other phonological issues, such as phoneme distribution, syllable structure, and prosodic features.