German Linguistics I

Code:

LA016

Acronym:

LINGA1

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Applied Languages

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	10	Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	6	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/French	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-German	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Alemão

Objectives

- Discuss the relationship between phonetics and phonology;-
- Identify the acoustic properties characterizing consonants, vowels and
suprasegmentals;
- identify place of articulation;
- identify manner of articulation;
- distinguish sounds represented by IPA symbols;
- distinguish German and Portuguese phonological systems;
- use transcription code of connected speech in German.

Program

1. Articulatory Phonetics
1.1 Main tasks
1.2 Speech sound production
1.2.1 Articulators
1.2.2 Places of articulation
1.2.3 Manners of articulation


2 Descriptive phonetics
2.1 Consonants
2.2 Vowels
2.3 The International Phonetic Alphabet – IPA

3. Phonology
3.1 Structuralism
3.1.1 Phoneme
3.1.2 Allophone
3.1.3 Phone
3.2 German speech sounds
3.2.1 Consonants
3.2.2 Vowels
3.2.3 The German and Portuguese phoneme inventories in contrast
3.3 Transcription

Mandatory literature

Helga Dieling / Ursula Hirschfeld; Phonetik lehren und lernen, Langenscheidt, 2000. ISBN: 3-468-49653

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Phonetics
Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Phonology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
test	Exame	2,00		2011-02-28
practical exercises	Teste	44,00		2011-02-28
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
study and training	Estudo autónomo	60	2011-02-28
	Total:	60,00

Eligibility for exams

Positive classification in all evaluation components

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment structure and weighting will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

To be agreed upon with between teacher and students at the beginning of the semester.

Classification improvement

Students wishing to improve their final grade will have to repeat some of the assessment components.