The goal of this short course is to introduce you to two computer programs, PRAAT and CORPUS TOOL, and to Intonation in the Grammar of English (which constitutes the center of gravity for the course) by Michael Halliday and William Greaves.

PRAAT is an excellent tool which can be used in virtually any computer for very sophisticated phonetic analysis. The instructor will make extensive use of PRAAT to introduce the patterns of English intonation.

CORPUS TOOL is a new and more powerful successor to Mick O’Donnell’s SYSTEMIC CODER. The instructor will demonstrate and use only one of the many features in the program: the creation and editing of system networks.  It is far easier to do this with CORPUS TOOL than with editing programs such as Word or graphics programs such as Paint.

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