Syllabus
1. The subject matter; methodology of research in the field
2. Theories of speech acquisition
3. Phylogeny of speech
4. Ontogeny of speech - overview
5. Neurological aspects of speech acquisition
6. Categorical perception
7. Further perceptual mechanisms
8. Phonotactics of developing speech - syllable and below
9. Phonotactics of developing speech - above the syllable
10. Developmental types
11. Prosody of developing speech
12. Acoustics of developing speech
13. Overview of speech disorders
Annotation
The objective of the course is to present both physiological and cognitive aspect of the speech development in a child.
Attention is paid not only to phonetic aspects of description, but also to phonological approaches to various developmental issues. Speech therapy and intervention in case of speech pathologies are also discussed by the end of the course.