SPANISH PHONETICS

MEDIEVAL/SPANISH 541

Historical Spanish phonology, morphology, and syntax, with application to theories of language variation and change.

SPANISH 327

Introduction to the linguistic analysis of Spanish, including morphology, syntax, dialectology, history of the language, language acquisition, and sociolinguistic variation.

SPANISH 203

Intermediate-level language review, Hispanic readings, culture, and patterns of conversation.

SPANISH 630

Advanced course focusing on particular theories, approaches, and/or methodologies concerned with Spanish linguistics.

SPANISH 420

Connects the topics discussed inSPANISH 320with concrete, physical speech signals. Learn to detect vocal fold vibration, evidence of tongue position, degree of closure between two organs, and friction caused by organ configuration, among other features, through the use of specialized software. Discuss sound experimental designs. Identify a specific set of sound system challenges that speakers of English face when learning Spanish. With regard to all of these issues, discuss address perception and production data, and data coming from native speakers and second language learners. Comparisons between Spanish data and those of English and other Romance languages.