Course syllabus for Speech Communication

Talkommunikation

Specific entry requirements

For admission to semester 2, students may remain with no more than 15 credits from previous semester in The Study Programme in Speech and Language Pathology.

Outcomes

The course contain four components. The intended learning outcomes are described separately for each component.

Speech Production and Speech Analysis (7.5 credits)
On completion of the course the student should be able to:

• account for the production of speech (creation of airflow, voiced and unvoiced sound sources and articulation)
• relate speech production to the acoustic result
• relate speech production to the structure of phonological systems in the world's languages
• perform and critically evaluate chosen acoustic analyses
• use tube models to explain the resonance characteristics of the vocal tract
• account for fundamental features of a selection of representative speech production theories
• account for articulatory, acoustic and perceptual aspects of pitch and voice quality
• account for geographically, socially and individually conditioned sources of variation in voice and pronunciation
• relate the phonetic form of speech to linguistic levels such as morphology, syntax and pragmatics

Speech Perception and Speech Development (3.5 credits)
On completion of the course the student should be able to:

• account for how speech is perceived (acoustic and perceptual aspects)
• account for fundamental features of a selection of representative speech perception theories
• apply relevant physical and psychoacoustic scales
• account for typical features of the early development of spoken language with respect to production and perception

Speech Transcription (2.5 credits)
On completion of the course the student should be able to:

• account for and apply relevant terminology, relevant tools and methods in transcription
• transcribe vowels, consonants and certain prosodic phenomena

Experimental Phonetics (4.5 credits)
On completion of the course the student should be able to:

• carry out experimental phonetic studies under supervision
• present experimental phonetic studies in writing
• review others' experimental phonetic reports based on given criteria

Content

The course contains four parts.

Teaching methods

Teaching consists of lectures, group work, laboratory sessions and report writing. Laboratory sessions are compulsory activities that not are assessed. Attendance at and active participation in laboratory sessions and final review is compulsory.

In case of absence at compulsory teaching activities, the student is responsible to contact the course coordinator for complementary assignment. Assessing responsible about and if so how absence from compulsory education elements can be taken again. Until the student has participated in the compulsory parts (or compensated for any absence with assigned tasks in accordance with instructions from the course director) the final study results cannot be reported. Absence from a mandatory education element could mean that the student cannot complete the component/course until the next time the course is offered.

Examination

The different course components are assessed each for oneself during the course through written tests (Speech Production and Speech Analysis and Speech Perception and Speech Development), a test in speech laboratory environment (Speech transcription) as well as group reports (Experimental phonetics).

Students who do not pass the regular examination are entitled to undergo the examination at five more occasions. The third examination is the following regular examination in the course. As examination, the times are counted when the student has participated in the same test. Submission of blank exam is counted as examination. Examination to which student registered but not participated be counted not as examination.

Transitional provisions

Examination can be carried out according to an earlier literature list during a period of one year after the date of a renewal of the literature list. Examination will be provided during a period of one year after a possible closing of the course.

Other directives

Teaching is generally in Swedish, but learning activities in English may occur.

Course evaluation will be carried out according to the guidelines established by the Board of Higher Education.

Literature and other teaching aids

Mandatory literature

• Manual of clinical phonetics, Ball, Martin J., London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, LIBRIS-ID: 9pd96d7s76q7prlm, Chapters 11-12; 34.
• Catford, John Cunnison, A practical introduction to phonetics, 2. ed. : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001 - xiii, 229 s. ISBN: 0-19-924635-1 (pbk) ; LIBRIS-ID: 8278206.
• Engstrand, Olle, Fonetikens grunder, Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2004 - 355 s. ISBN: 91-44-04238-8 (inb.), LIBRIS-ID: 9673093, including web resource.
• Morgan, L., & Wren, Y. E. (2018). A Systematic Review of the Literature on Early Vocalizations and Babbling Patterns in Young Children. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 40(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740118760215
• Werker, Janet F., and Judit Gervain (2013). 'Speech Perception in Infancy: A Foundation for Language Acquisition', in Philip David Zelazo (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology, Vol. 1: Body and Mind, Oxford Library of Psychology, ISBN: 9780199971527, LIBRIS-ID: 16552131, (pp 909-923)
• Speech production and speech modelling, Hardcastle, William J.; Marchal, Alain, Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers, cop. 1990 - xi, 448 s. ISBN: 0-7923-0746-1, LIBRIS-ID: 5653651, Kapitel: B. Lindblom, "Explaining phonetic variation: a sketch of the H&H theory", pp. 403-439., *
• Boysson-Bardies, Bénédicte de., Developmental neurocognition: speech and face processing in the first year of life, Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1993. - xvii, 498 p. ISBN: 9780792321880, LIBRIS-ID: 19758157, Kapitel: PF MacNeilage & BL Davis, "Motor explanations and early speech patterns", s. 341-352. 
• Hoff, Erika; Shatz, Marilyn., Blackwell handbook of language development, Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007. - xii, 502 p. ISBN: 9780470757833, LIBRIS-ID: 12129301, Chapter: L. Polka, S. Rvachew & K. Mattock, "Experiential influences on speech perception and speech production in infancy", pp. 153-172.

Additional articles and material (max 50 pages) may be added, as per teachers' recommendations.

Indepth reading

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: the official guide to APA style, Seventh edition : Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2020 - xxii, 427 pages ISBN: 9781433832161, LIBRIS-ID: q1g750s6n082gqw5,
• Ball, M.J. (2021). Manual of Clinical Phonetics [Elektronisk resurs]. LIBRIS-ID: 9pd96d7s76q7prlm. Routledge. Chapters 23, 29.
• Bruce, Gösta, Vår fonetiska geografi: om svenskans accenter, melodi och uttal, 1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2010 - 239 s. ISBN: 9789144050539, LIBRIS-ID: 11310840, including web resource.
• Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: a guide to the use of the international phonetic alphabet, Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, cop. 1999 - viii, 204 s. ISBN: 0-521-65236-7 (cased) ; LIBRIS-ID: 5027063,
• Hardcastle, William J.; Laver, John (2010),** The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences**. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [Elektronisk resurs]. LIBRIS-ID: 13571142, ISBN: 9781444317251.
• Johnson, Keith, Acoustic and auditory phonetics, 3 ed. : Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 - ix, 222 p. ISBN: 978-1-4051-9466-2, LIBRIS-ID: 12458552, *
• Kochetov, A. (2020a). Research methods in articulatory phonetics I: Introduction and studying oral gestures. Language and Linguistics Compass, 14(4), e12368. https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12368
• Kochetov, A. (2020b). Research methods in articulatory phonetics II: Studying other gestures and recent trends. Language and Linguistics Compass, 14(6), e12371. https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12371
• Kuhl, P. (2004). Early language acquisition: Cracking the speech code. Nature Reviews: Neuroscience, 5(11), 831-843. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn1533
• Styler, W, Using Praat for Linguistic Research, University of Michigan Linguistics, 2023 or later, https://wstyler.ucsd.edu/praat/.
• Sundberg, Johan, Röstlära: fakta om rösten i tal och sång, 3., utvidgade uppl. : Stockholm : Proprius, 2001 - 293, [1] s. ISBN: 91-7118-885-1, LIBRIS-ID: 8370453, pp. 69-122.
• Vihman, Marilyn May, Phonological development : the first two years, 2014 LIBRIS-ID: 18216223.