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Module Content
The course will survey a wide range of topics on expressive speech prosody, covering linguistic prosody, information structure, emotional and attitudinal expressions, sexual dimorphism, charisma and attractiveness. We will also discuss relations between expressive prosody and music, and disorders such as Autism and aprosodia. These topics will be examined from both linguistic and evolutionary perspectives.
Teaching Delivery
There will be alternation of lectures and seminars. Each seminar will consist of 2-3 sessions, each led by a single or a small group of students reporting their findings on a number of papers assigned a week in advance. The assignment of papers will be accompanied by a number of guiding questions that focus on the critical issues.
Indicative Topics
Indicative lecture topics are based on module content in 2023/24, subject to possible changes.
Expressive speech prosody, covering linguistic prosody, information structure, emotional and attitudinal expressions, sexual dimorphism, charisma and attractiveness.
Module Aims and/or Objectives
Module aims:
To expose students to speech-related theories beyond core phonetics and phonology
To engage students in debates over the strength and weaknesses of these theories
Module objectives:
To gain an evolutionary perspective of human speech through the examination of expressive prosody
To gain an appreciation of the coherent links between different aspects of human speech
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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