Sumários

Sounds across languages

9 Outubro 2015, 14:00 • Sónia Frota

Class training in the similarities and diferences between Portuguese and the other native languages spoken within the class.

Readings: Hanulikova, A., & Hamann, S. (2010); Handbook of the Interntional Phonetic Association

Going beyond the sound inventory: the distribution of consonants of vowels. Sound combinations, positional restrictions, contextual effects. Sound distribution in the syllable: consonants and glides before and after the vowel. The role of the (prosodic) word: consonants and vowels at word-beginnings and word-endings.

Readings: Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, pp. 1038-1047, 1061-1066

The Phonology of Portuguese, pp. 38-54

Vigário, M. (2003) The Prosodic Word in European Portuguese. Berlim/Nova Iorque: Mouton de Gruyter, chap. 3

The sounds of Portuguese: sound inventory

2 Outubro 2015, 14:00 • Sónia Frota

The sounds of Portuguese: sound inventory. Consonants and vowels and their phonetic transcription. Class training in the transcription of Portuguese sounds.

Assignment: Sound inventories across languages, similarities and differences, and their impact on language learning (L2)

Webpage of the course: http://labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/personal/sfrota/phonology/

The sounds of Portuguese

30 Setembro 2015, 14:00 • Sónia Frota

The sounds of Portuguese: consonants and vowels. Different sounds may play different roles in the language. Portuguese sounds in the IPA charts. How would a language be with no Phonology?

Assignment: Phonetic transcription

The sound dimension of language

25 Setembro 2015, 14:00 • Sónia Frota

The sound dimension of language: segments, melodies, rhythms.

Sound inventories: consonants and vowels across languages.

Readings: Gramática da Língua Portuguesa, pp. 987-996

Fonética e Fonologia do Português, pp. 49-64

The Phonology of Portuguese, pp. 5-23