Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

EFK 105 — Introduction to General Phonetics I

EFK department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

explain what phonetics is and the relationship between its branches
describe different types of sound
discuss different airstream mechanisms and the sounds they produce
recognise different organs of speech and the type of sounds that they produce
identify components of the ipa chart
draw and label consonant and vowel charts, and

Course contents

Meaning of Phonetics. Branches of Phonetics – articulatory phonetics, auditory phonetics and acoustic phonetics. Relationship of the branches. The relationship between Phonetics and Linguistics. The nature of the speech producing mechanism – pulmonic airstream mechanism, glottalic airstream mechanism, and velaric airstream mechanism.

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EFK 105 — Introduction to General Phonetics I

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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