Syllabus
1. Introduction into universals and typologies
2. Glottogony and linguistic anthropology
3. Variation, universals and typology in vocalic and consonantal systems
4. Variation, universals and typology of syllabic structure, phonotactics.
5. Specificities of prosody: variation, universals and typology of stress, rhythm, intonation, and prosodic units.
6. Criteria and methodology of cross-linguistic comparison.
Annotation
The course deals with synchronic comparative phonetics and phonology. It deals with universals and specifics in production, acoustics, and perception of speech, specifically in sound patterning (on phonemic and prosodic levels).
The seminar includes group analysis of selected problems based on listening, acoustics and work with language corpora.