Vowel Perception and Perceptual Salience |
Winter 2009: "Vowel perception and perceptual salience".
We will look at both seminal and recent papers on vowel perception. As a secondary area of interest we will explore the notion of salience as used in the sociolinguistic and perceptual literature. Students will be expected to do
the readings, interact in discussions, and present one paper (or their own
research result) to the class. Students taking the seminar for full credit
will write one of the following papers: 1) a critique of a published phonetic
study of vowel perception and/or perceptual salience that we didn't cover in the seminar, 2) propose an experiment
to extend the research on vowel perception and/or perceptual salience.
Prerequisites: Ling 452, Ling 453 (or advanced course including section on auditory perception) or approval by instructor |
Class hours: Tuesday 3:30-5:50 THO 234 |
Office hours: Tuesday, 9:00-10:00, A210F Padelford, and by appointment |
Email instructor |
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Reading Materials: |
Week 1 Jan 6 | Intro to the seminar vowel perception and perceptual salience: RW |
Week 2 Jan 13 | Richard Wright: Kathy Nagle: |
Week 3 Jan 20 | Jennifer Haywood: |
Week 4 Jan 27 | Andrew Schinkowski: |
Week 5 Feb 3 | Amber Franklin:
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Week 6 Feb 10 | Presenters: Bob Boiko |
Week 7 Feb 17 | cancelled |
Week 8 Feb 24 | Maria Burgess: Gerfen & Baker (2005). The production and perception of laryngealized vowels in Coatzospan Mixtec |
Week 9 Mar 3 | Luis Tobar, Meghan Oxley |
Week 10 Mar 10 | open |