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Ellen Kaisse
SPAN 409
Seattle Campus
Analysis of sounds: training in pronunciation, intonation, and close transcription of Spanish language in its modalities. Prerequisite: either SPAN 301 or SPAN 314; either ANTH 203, LING 200, 201, 203, LING 400, or SPAN 323. Offered: jointly with SPLING 409.
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Autumn 2003
Analysis of sounds and syllables: basics of articulatory phonetics and phonology, training in pronunciation and transcription of Spanish, including discussion of variation among dialects. Text: Guitart, Sonido y sentido: manual de pronunciacion espanyola para estudiantes de espanyol en Estados Unidos (in press - we will use a manuscript supplied by the author.) Prerequisites: SPAN 301 and SPAN 323 (may be substituted by an intro to linguistics) or graduate standing. Students who have not yet completed SPAN 301, email lingadv@u.washington.edu for entry code. Students registering under SPAN 409 should consult the Spanish adviser concerning waiving or substituting of requirements.
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