SPAU134 | FUNCTIONAL PHONETICS

A practical and analytical study of sounds and articulation points in both Arabic and English based on physiology and physics of sound, as well as the laboratory analysis of sounds. The course will cover the physiology of sounds in terms of airflow mechanisms and its effect on sound, the voice system, hearing system, sound categorization based on places and manners of articulation, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) system of transcription, and introduction of syllables, melody and emphasis and its effect in speech, and frequency, and the discrimination of sounds based on sound waves individual and complex. Finally, cover the methods and devices for sound analysis and recording.

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SPAU133 | FUNDAMENTALS OF LINGUISTICS