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Webex Room: weekly live seminars Mo. 16:00–18:00
Schedule: weekly readings, videos and homework
Course Bibliography
Next Videos:
Phonology I
Phonology II
Phonology III
Updates
Last week’s homework is updated with solutions. This week’s homework is uploaded (do before graded test for best results). Check out the further reading.
If you are interested in different dialects of English or other languages, browse through Wikitongues. They have an ever growing repository of samples from authentic speakers. Most big English varieties are in there and some very obscure ones, too.
Bonus material
Tones and tone languages: Height length and roundedness aren’t the only features that a language can rely on. Some languages also use tone. Curious? Watch this.
Wait, you might say, what about intonation in English? Intonation doesn’t exist on the same segmental, phonological level. Tone languages even have intonation on top of having tones. You might find this video interesting.
Finally, if you’re like me, rather than focusing on the English phonemes, you’ll probably spend more time on the more obscure parts of the IPA chart, and wonder about sounds that do not exist in English or German. Curious about clicks, ejectives, implosives? Here is another NativLang video about those.
Here is my favorite language sample to listen to: The Taa language. Listen, and appreciate how simple our job is of describing English phonemes (they even have tones!). By the way, the channel @ILoveLanguages is another great repository for all sorts of languages and dialects. Just be aware that she is a hobbyist who sometimes reads material herself. Generally great quality, though
I also promised to upload another video during the stream, but I have forgotten what topic that was about. If anyone remembers, let me know. 🙂