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History of Phonetics - APH200041
Title: Dějiny fonetiky
Guaranteed by: Institute of Phonetics (21-FU)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2023
Semester: summer
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: AFO200014
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Pavel Šturm, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. Pavel Šturm, Ph.D. (02.11.2023)
The goal of the course is to provide a historical synopsis of phonetic sciences in the wide sense of the term (phonetics, <br>
physiology, acoustics, phonology) from the Antiquity to the 20th century, with regard to the internal development of the <br>
discipline, its main representatives and institutions.<br>
Course completion requirements - Czech
Last update: Mgr. Pavel Šturm, Ph.D. (17.03.2020)

70% docházka, aktivní účast, práce s archivním materiálem

Literature - Czech
Last update: Mgr. Pavel Šturm, Ph.D. (17.03.2020)

Volín, J. (2014). Speech sound structure studies in Prague: Differences in approaches and conflicts between methods. La Linguistique, 50, 83-100.

Šturm, P. (2019). The birth of an institute: A centennial jubilee of Prague’s Institute of Phonetics. Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Philologica, 2/2019, 9-26.

Collins, B. & Mees, I. (1999). The Real Professor Higgins. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Ohala, J. et al. (eds.) (1999). A Guide to the History of the Phonetic Science in the United States. Berkeley: U of California.

Asher, R. E. & Henderson, E. (1981). Towards a History of Phonetics. Edinburgh: EUP.

Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. Pavel Šturm, Ph.D. (17.03.2020)

1. Evolutionary periodization of phonetics, its links towards linguistics and other disciplines
2. Approaches to phonetic issues in the pre-scientific era.
3. Historical milestones in segmental and suprasegmental description.
4. National schools in Europe and the United States.
5. Foundation of a phonetics institute in Prague; key figures in modern Czech phonetics.
6. International Congresses of Phonetic Sciences.

 
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