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This is the Learning Center Linguistics page. Feel free to browse the free and available resources for LING 139, 142, 143, 148, and 165. Resources were curated by Linguistics M.A. Student and Writing Tutor Aidan Boyles, with the advice of and support from Dr. Sean Fulop, Dr. Chris Golston, Dr. Brian Agbayani, and Dr. Jidong Chen in the Linguistics Department.
What is Phonetics?
What is Phonetics?
Phonetics focuses on the production and classification of the world’s speech sounds (Centre for Linguistics Research, n.d.). The production of speech looks at the interaction of different vocal organs (e.g., lips, tongue, teeth) to produce particular speech sounds (Centre for Linguistics Research, n.d.). Click on this link for more information about phonetics.
Please refer to the Fresno State Course Catalog when you search for LING 139 and the LING 139 Course Syllabus when you enroll in the class.
LING 139 - General Phonetics
Primary Materials
Click on the cover to access and download the free PDF version of the cour textbook:
This is the website that accompanies the textbook for the course.
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This is Praat, software that you can download to analyze phonetic sounds on your computer. You might need to use this software for specific assignments in LING 139.
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LING 139 - Supplementary Materials
Intro to Consonants
Intro to Consonants
Crash Course Linguistics #8 introduces viewers to phonetics (the study of speech sounds), talking about consonants, and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Intro to Vowels
Intro to Vowels
In Crash Course Linguistics #9, we’ll learn about vowels, those sounds you can sing with your mouth open, and how we can represent them clearly using the IPA.
What is Phonology?
What is Phonology?
Phonology looks at how speech sounds are represented and organized in different langauges (Sounds in Trees, n.d.). Students learn how to idenitfy the phonological elements of speech sounds (e.g., intonation, vowels, consonants, tones, pitch) and be able to assess how these elements comprhesnively function within "syllables, words, and sentences" (Golston, Spring 2025).
Please refer to the Fresno State Course Catalog when you search for LING 142 and the LING 142 Course Syllabus when you enroll in the class.
LING 142 - Phonology
Primary Materials
Be sure to install Praat on your computer. You may need to use Praat to anlayze speech data for your term paper.
Doulos SIL is a Linguistics-specific font that you can download for MacOS, Windows, and Linux. This enables you to use specific IPA letters and symbols on Google Docs and Microsoft Word. You will need to have Doulos SIL installed for completing your assignments and your term paper.
LING 142 - Supplementary Materials
In Crash Course Linguistics #10, we’ll learn all about phonology and the different phonological systems we see in different languages, and we’ll begin to retrain our brains in order to gain a better understanding and appreciation for phonological patterns.
This video provides a brief overview of the differences between phonemes and allophones.
What is Syntax?
What is Syntax?
Syntax investigates how phrases and sentences are naturally structured across different languages to answer the question on 'What makes us human?' (Agbayani, Spring 2025). Students learn about syntatcic categories and constiuents in natural language and be able to apply speieifc tests that help determine constiuency (Agbayani, Spring 2025).
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