The course will acquaint the students with the principles of Natural Phonology (NatPhon), the theory originated by David Stampe and Patricia Jane Donegan in the 1960’s and 70’s, and further developed and elaborated into Natural Linguistics (NatLing) by Wolfgang U. Dressler and followers. Natural Phonology/Linguistics belongs to the unorthodox approaches to phonology and acquisition. Its focus is on the speaker and language use as well as on the extralinguistic conditions that shape the usage and acquisition of language. It aims at providing a big picture view on language, informed by disciplines outside of linguistics.
- Teacher: Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk
