Wikisida, AF1211 V23 Typologi och språkliga strukturer i afrikanska språk: Lesson 2 Phonetics & phonology

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2022-10-28T07:28:28+02:00

You now know what typology is and how it relates to other kinds of language classifications. You should also have an idea about the aims of this field of research, as well as of its methods. Do you feel uncertain about anything? Go back to the study questions of last chapter. If anything is unclear, ask in the discussion forum.

We will now turns to the sounds of language: phonetics and phonology.

Read & practice:

A.From our main textbook - Velupillai: An introduction to linguistic typology

Chapter 4 Phonology

This is a general chapter on phonology and typological structures

Study questions chapter 4 (not including prosody: see next lesson)

B. From WALS (World Atlas of Language Structures)

This is a short reading which introduces the exercise:

Ian Maddieson. 2013. Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives. In: Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin (eds.) The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Available online at http://wals.info/chapter/4

The linguistic question of this lesson relates to voicing in plosives and fricatives

C. Read chapter 3 phonetics and phonology, all sections until 3.6 (leave 3.7 and onwards for now). This chapter will illustrate phonological systems on the African continent:

Childs, G. Tucker. 2003. Introduction to African Languages. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ProQuest Ebook Central

D. To illustrate the phonological system of one language, read about Oromo in chapter 25 of the following book:

Daniels, Peter T. and Alan S. Kaye. 1997. Phonologies of Asia and Africa : (including the Caucasus). Winona Lake, Ind: Eisenbrauns.

Do the exercise (explained when you follow the link), and try to solve it together. Post your suggested solution, and ask questions, in this forum. NB this is obligatory. When you have written in the forum, you will get a 'complete' for this assignment. Meaning, your solution does not necessarily have to be right.