? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : PPL-3-ATPSPE-LI

This course discusses theories and supporting evidence for 1) how the acoustic signal is decoded into mental representations, and 2)the nature of these representations.

? Pre-requisites : Honours Foundation: Phonology and Phonetics or equivalent

? Prohibited combinations : Advanced Topics in Phonetics (LI0049)

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 11:10 12:00 Central Lecture Friday 11:10 12:00 Central

Experimental techniques for answering theoretical questions, critical evaluation of published research papers, knowledge of current theories of speech perception and supporting evidence.

Final Exam(90%)and assigned exercises(10%)OR Project(90%) and assigned exercises(10%)

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Annabel Lee Williams
Tel : (0131 6)50 3961
Email : awillia7@ling.ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Alice Turk
Tel : (0131 6)50 3483
Email : a.turk@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/