Classification of student specialisation

Elements of study

Phon

Ling

Philology

SLE

CD

Acoustic Phonetics

  Basics

C

CI

CI

C

C

  Fant’s source-filter model

C

P

P

C

C

  Acoustic properties of speech sounds

C

CI

CI

C

C

  Suprasegmentals

C

CI

C

C

C

Speech Perception

  Structure and function of the auditory system

C

P

P

CI

C

  Psychoacoustics

C

P

P

P

CI

  Perception of cues and units at segmental / 
  suprasegmental level

C

CI

CI

C

C

  Models of speech perception

C

P

P

P

C

  Multimodal perception

CI

P

P

P

C

  Perception of prosody

C

P

P

P

C

Speech Production

  Respiration

C

P

P

P

C

  Anatomy and physiology of the larynx

C

CI

CI

P

C

  Voice production theories

C

P

P

P

C

  Anatomy and physiology of the vocal tract

C

CI

CI

C

C

  Articulation (speech sounds, theories)

C

CI

CI

C

C

  Prosody

C

C

P

P

C

Speech Acquisition

  Theories of language acquisition

P

P

C

P

C

  Development of speech perception

P

P

CI

P

C

  Development of speech production

P

P

CI

P

C

  Infant/child studies

P

P

P

P

C

  Second language acquisition of speech perception 
  and production

P

P

C

P

P

Elements of study

Phon

Ling

Philology

SLE

CD

Speech technology

  Signal processing

CI

P

P

C

P

  Speech synthesis

CI

P

P

C

P

  Speech recognition

P

P

P

C

P

  Speech technology assessment methods

P

P

P

C

P

  Applications

P

P

P

C

P

Methods and Tools

  Basics of research methodology & 
  experimental design

C

P

P

C

C

  Speech production measurements

C

P

P

C

C

  Signal analysis

C

P

P

C

C

  Statistical methods

C

CI

P

C

C

  Speech databases

P

P

P

C

P

Phonology

  Distinctive feature analysis

CI

C

C

CI

CI

  Suprasegmental phonology

CI

C

CI

CI

CI

  Phonemic analysis

CI

C

CI

P

P

  Phonological processes

CI

C

CI

P

CI

  Phonological representations

CI

C

CI

P

P

Sociophonetics/Dialectology

  Regional variation

CI

C

C

P

C

  Social variation

CI

C

C

P

C

  Stylistic variation

CI

C

C

P

C

  Nonphonetic aspects

P

C

C

P

C

  Diachronic vs. synchronic

P

C

C

P

P

  Standardization and multilinguality

P

C

C

P

C

Transcription & Ear training

  Broad transcription

C

C

C

C

C

  Symbols for consonants

C

C

C

C

C

  Symbols for vowels

C

C

C

C

C

  Narrow transcription

C

C

C

C

C

  Stress & tone

C

C

C

C

C

Speech Pathology

  Disorders of speech perception

P

P

P

P

C

  Disorders of speech production

P

P

P

P

C

  Transcription of pathological speech 
  and voice

P

P

P

P

C

C - Core

Element of study that is seen as essential

CI - Core-Introductory

Element of study that is seen as highly relevant for students of the specialisation specified but taught at more introductory/elementary level

P - Peripheral

Element of study that is seen to be more specialised and may be only offered as an option.