This course can be used towards the Cognitive Dimensions major or minor requirements, or towards the Linguistic Dimensions major or minor requirements. The course can only be used towards one of the requirements (Cog Dim major, Cog Dim minor, Ling Dim major, or Ling Dim minor).
This course introduces the fundamental tools to conduct research in Spanish experimental phonetics and phonology. It introduces topics such as hypothesis testing and experimental design, data collection and analysis, and reproducibility and statistics. Students will be working on an original research project in Spanish phonetics while developing their command of quantitative research methods as used in this field. At the end of this course, students will be able to carry out quantitative research in phonetics independently.