Course title

German Phonetics & Phonology

Instructor

LIU Fang

Instructor’s profile

Dr. LIU Fang obtained her Doctor degree from Technical University Berlin (TU Berlin). Her research interests are theoretical and applied linguistics.

Course goals

This course aims to the MA students of German Languages and Literature.

Topics

Topics to be covered in this course include German phonetic and phonological system, Festure phonology, Process phonology, syllable phonology and Optimization Theory in the phonology

Assessment

2 assignments, 1 presentation and a final exam

Reference books

① Staffeldt, Sven (2010): Einführung in die Phonetik, Phonologie und Graphematik des Deutschen. Ein Leitfaden für den akademischen Unterricht. Tübingen: Stauffenburg.

② Altmann, Hans / Ziegenhain, Ute A. (2010): Prüfungswissen Phonetik, Phonologie und Graphemik. 4. Aufl., UTB. Stuttgart: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

③ Busch, Albert, Stenschke, Oliver (2008): Germanistische Linguistik. Tübingen: Narr.

④ McCarthy, John J.(2004): Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

⑤ Vater, Heins (2002): Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft. München: Wilhelm Fink.

Working language

German

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