758, Section 2 : German Phonetics and Phonology, 3 cr.

Salmons, TR 1:00-2:15:

In this course, we will explore the sounds of German along the ‘speech chain’, from a speaker planning speech (in the brain) to producing sounds in the mouth, the sound waves that travel through the air, on to what happens in the listener’s ear and brain. We’ll cover classic problems in German phonology and do some basic instrumental phonetic analysis, drawing on current theoretical perspectives. This course aims to be hands-on, and along the way, we’ll work with original data and available but previously unexplored data.

No background is assumed.