د. يوسف عجمى ملوح العتيبى

Corse code and Name:
CEN 491 Selected Topics in CEN
"Arabic Phonetics"

Tipics:
Introduction/ Linguistic Information
Speech and Hearing/ Speech Production Mechanism
Acoustic Characteristics of Speech
Statistical Characteristics of Speech
Acoustical Theory of Speech Production
Linear Separable Equivalent Circuit Model
Vocal Cord Model
Digital Speech Processing
Arabic Linguistics
Arabic Phonetics
Arabic Consonants
Arabic Consonants/Vowels
Arabic Vowels
Comparative Study Between Arabic and English
Other Speech Elements: Syllable, Word, Sentence, Stress, Gesture, …
Phonetics Applications in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Prerequisites:
CEN 340 “Signals and Systems”, and compliance to academic department regulations, if any.

Grading System:
20% Midterm Exam I.
20% Midterm Exam II (or Project)
20% Homework’s
40% Final Exam.

Main Textbooks:
د. منصور محمد الغامدي، "الصوتيات العربيه" مكتبة التوبه، 2001
Peter Ladefoged, “A Course in Phonetics”, 5th Edition, Thomson Wadsworth 2006.

References:
Peter Ladefoged, “Elements of Acoustic Phonetics”, 2nd Edition, The University of Chicago Press, 1996.
L. Rabiner and R. Schafer, “Digital Processing of Speech Signal,” Prentice Hall 1978.
L.Rabiner and B. Juang, “Fundamentals of Speech Recognition,” Prentice Hall1993.
A. Oppenheim and A. Willsky, “Signals and Systems,” Prentice Hall 1997.
Sadaoki Furui, “Digital Speech Processing, Synthesis, and Recognition,” Marcel Dekker, Inc 2001.