Prosody of the Spoken Voice

lclig2210  2023-2024  Louvain-la-Neuve

Prosody of the Spoken Voice
5.00 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Kouklia Charlotte (compensates Simon Anne-Catherine); Simon Anne-Catherine;
Language
French
Prerequisites
An introductory course on phonetics and phonology of French or any other language.
Main themes
Familiarize students with prosody theories, and more specifically French prosody. The course will address three main issues: prosodic corpus annotation (perceptual and automatic); relation forms-functions; interpretation of prosody within corpora.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 By the end of the course,
  • students will be familiar with the main theories and annotation tools in prosody, and able to apply them to a small excerpt of speech.
  • The students will be able to read scientific articles in the domain critically
  • and to apply some of the research methods to carry out a small scale personal research project.
 
Content
The following topics are covered:
  • Acoustic and perceptual prosodic parameters; domains and functions of prosody;
  • Accentuation, intonation, rhythm;
  • Temporal variables (including disfluencies);
  • Prosody, iconicity and phonostylistics.
Teaching methods
The course is given in flipped classroom.
  • at home: reading the chapters of the syllabus; weekly homework; preparation of personal presentation
  • in class: discussions, practical exercises and tutoring on analysis software (Praat)
Evaluation methods
In the June session, the final grade is based on continuous assessment (20%) and the presentation of a personal work (80%). In the September session, the final grade is based solely on the presentation of a personal work.
Other information
Musical practice is an asset for this course.
Online resources
Moodle: https://moodle.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=2071
Website (sound examples analyzed during the course): https://sites.uclouvain.be/paroleetlangue/web/ (go to the EXEMPLES section)
Teaching materials
  • Simon, A.C. (2020). Phonologie et prosodie. Louvain-la-Neuve: DUC.
Faculty or entity
ELAL


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Foreign Language
FLE2M
5
Master [60] in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
LAFR2M1
5
Master [60] in Modern Languages and Literatures : General
ROGE2M1
5
Master [120] in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
LAFR2M
5
Master [120] in Linguistics
LING2M
5
Master [60] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General
ROM2M1
5
Master [120] in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English
GERM2M
5
Master [120] in Modern Languages and Literatures : General
ROGE2M
5
Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General
ROM2M
5