The University of the West Indies, Mona

This course is aimed at students interested in coming to grips with the theoretical details of the phonological systems of human languages. It covers the representation of segments and autosegments, phonological rule types, the representation of the syllable, metrical phonology, the interaction of phonology with morphology and syntax and markedness issues. It also introduces speech processing software, and shows how it can be used to develop a deeper understanding of the acoustic properties of speech.