Spanish 697TS - ST-Topics/SpanPhoen/Phonology

In this course we will focus on the intonational system of Spanish, but also other intonational systems such as Catalan and Portuguese.The course is divided into three parts: 1.) The notion of intonation from a phonetic perspective as well as basic models of intronation, paying special attention to the Autosegmental-Metrical (AM) model (presently the most common model used for the description of Spanish dialects). 2.) Students Ear-training and transcription of intonation using the Sp_ToBI (Spanish Tones and Breaks Indices) system. Students will also be familiarized with the system for Catalan, Cat_ToBI. 3.) Reading and criticism of articles on intonational aspects of dialects of Spanish and other Romance languages. These articles will deal with different aspects of information including intonational focus, pitch range and alignment. Students will carry out a mini-experiment at the end of the course on some aspect of Romance intonation.