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ADVANCED SPANISH PHONETICS

SPANISH 420
Course Description

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.

Prerequisties
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average
3.74

-3.44% from Historical

Completion Rate
95.65%

-2.27% from Historical

A Rate
91.3%

-4.64% from Historical

Class Size
23

-2.13% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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