L541: Weekly Class Schedule
Spring 2012

Lecture: Mon & Wed 2:30 – 3:45

[General Information | Lab]

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Last updated on January 7, 2012

• Information on the labs can be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~l541/lab.htm
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• You must be enrolled in a lab section to be enrolled in this course

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L541 Class Schedule

Week	Date(Wed)	Topics	Topic	Readings & Handouts	Discussion/Lab
1	Jan 9	Introduction: Observation and Transcription	Introduction: Observation and Transcription	R&J, Ch. 1, Ch. 2	Introduction Symbol and Lab overview
2	Jan 16 (no class on Monday)	The IPA Basics Supra-laryngeal Physiology	The IPA Basics Supra-laryngeal Physiology	R&J, Ch. 3.1 – 3.3, Ch. 5.3 (L&M, Ch. 1)	Consonant transcription
3	Jan 23	Consonant and Vowel Categorization	Consonant and Vowel Categorization	R&J, Ch. 4.3	Vowel transcription
4	Jan 30	Narrow Transcription	Narrow Transcription	R&J, Ch. 3.4	Funny sound transcription Data acquisition
5	Feb 6	Exotic Consonants	Exotic Consonants	R&J, Ch. 4.1 – 4.2, Ch. 4.4 (BHR, Ch. 4, sections on Respiration)	Laryngeal transcription Computer lab work
6	Feb 13	Aerodynamics, Physiology and Function of the Pulmonic System	Aerodynamics, Physiology and Function of the Pulmonic System	R&J, Ch. 5.1 (BHR, Ch. 4, sections on Phonation)	Airstream mechanisms Data analysis
7	Feb. 20	Laryngeal Physiology, Airstream Mechanisms and Laryngeal Contrasts	Laryngeal Physiology, Airstream Mechanisms and Laryngeal Contrasts	R&J, Ch. 5.2, Ch. 6 Notes on Intonation Notes on the IPA	Transcription Exam I
8	Feb. 27 Mid-term March 2.	Problems with Transcription: Prosodic Structure	Problems with Transcription: Prosodic Structure	R&J, Ch. 11	Intonational transcription Transcribing fluent speech
9	March 5	Linguistic Uses of Pitch Duration, Juncture, and Stress	Linguistic Uses of Pitch, Duration, Juncture, & Stress		Acoustics
		Major Breath Group Juncture
10	March 19	Basic Acoustics Source Filter Theory	Basic Acoustics Source Filter Theory	R&J, Ch. 7 Johnson, Ch. 1 & 2 (BHR, Ch. 3 Acoustics)	Spectral analysis Experimental design
11	March 26	Acoustics of the Source Resonance	Acoustics of the Source Resonance	R&J, Ch. 8 Johnson, Ch. 4 & 5, (BHR Ch. 5 – Speech Production II)	Spectrographic analysis
12	April 2	Perturbation Theory and the Acoustics of Vowels Acoustics of Obstruents	Perturbation Theory and the Acoustics of Vowels Acoustics of Obstruents	R&J, Ch. 9 Johnson, Ch. 6 & 7	Transcription Exam II Hypothesis testing
13	April 9	Articulatory to Acoustic Mapping, Spectrogram Reading	Articulatory to Acoustic Mapping, Spectrogram Reading	R&J, Ch. 10.1 – 10.3 Johnson, Sect. 8	Project work
14	April 16	Quantitative Analysis and Variability Handling Data	Quantitative Analysis and Variability Handling Data	R&J, Ch. 10.4 ' Notes on Articulation' - readings packet	Project work
15	April 23	Phonetic Intent	Phonetic Intent	Johnson, Sect. 3, (BHR, Ch. 5, sections on Feedback & Models)	Project work
Final		Final: Wed., May 2: 12:30 – 2:30

Note: R&J = Reetz & Jongman. BHR = Borden, Harris, and Raphael. L&M = Ladefoged and Maddieson. L&M provides a comprehensive cross-linguistic description of the contrasts we discuss over the first 8 weeks, and is best used as a reference material for any particular set of contrasts one is wondering about. The introduction is also an excellent discussion of what the IPA is about.