29.3275, Software: PhonoApps: Online Interactive Tools for Phonology

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Subject: 29.3275, Software: PhonoApps: Online Interactive Tools for Phonology

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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:20:48
From: Peter Jurgec [peter.jurgec at utoronto.ca]
Subject: PhonoApps: Online Interactive Tools for Phonology

 
Advances in technology now make it possible to rethink certain aspects of how
we teach phonology. PhonoApps are a collection of interactive online tools
that help students learn basic phonological concepts. 

PhonoApps (including how-to videos and instructor resources) can be accessed
at http://www.phonoapps.com

PhonoApps has two core applications: Featurize! and Derive!

Featurize! facilitates the understanding of natural classes. Users select a
set of segments and the application determines whether it is a natural class,
and if so, outputs the relevant features. The feature and segment set is
entirely customizable. You can access the app directly at
http://phonology.us/featurize

Derive! allows users to specify underlying representations, rules, and their
order. The set of user-specified rules is applied in the order for a real-time
derivation. You can access the app directly at http://phonology.us/derive

PhonoApps allow students to grasp key phonological concepts more quickly and
directly by engaging with the mechanism of feature assignment and rule
interaction. Furthermore, students can explore questions that have not been
easily addressable in phonology courses at the undergraduate level, including
typologies, opacity, and rule formalization.


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Phonology
                     Typology



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