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Linguistics 2247A/B
PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
An introduction to the analysis of sound systems of languages. Includes discussion of the basic units of sound, their patterns of distribution and alternation. Topics to be covered are: articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, distinctive feature theory, the writing of rules to describe phonological patterns. The generative framework will be emphasized.
Antirequisite(s): The former Anthropology 2247A/B.