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Prerequisites:
Instructor
Otelemate Harry
Room
Room 49 (New Arts Block)
(Phone: ext. 3215, Email: otele@yahoo.com
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Course
objective:
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To achieve an understanding of the cross
linguistic analytical and theoretical issues in phonology
and apply them to the solution of specific language-related
phonological data in the Caribbean and elsewhere. |
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Evaluation:
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Evaluation will be in the
form of one (1) project report (40%) and a final exam
(60%) |
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Attendance:
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Students are expected to
attend all class and tutorial meetings
• All electronic communication devices must be
turned off during meetings.
• Notice should be given ahead for inability to
attend class/tutorial |
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Meetings:
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There will be three hours
of meeting per week: 2-hour lectures and 1 hour-tutorial
class. You are REQUIRED to complete the prescribed readings
and assignments before meetings.
• All students must participate in class and tutorial
discussions |
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| Project: |
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Your in-course project focuses
on the treatment of Jamaican Creole prosody. You will address
the following:
- A non-linear analysis of the prosodic structure of lexical
items in Jamaican Creole. Your discussion will include some
phonetic data.
- The word limit of your project report is 1,000 words,
1½ line spacing.
- Projects more than the word limit will not be accepted.
- No late project reports will be accepted
In writing the project report, you are to observe the guidelines
for writing linguistics essays in the department’s Linguistics
Handbook.
- Failure to observe the guidelines in the handbook and
additional instructions provided will result in your project
not being graded.
- Assistance may be sought at the Writing Centre
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