6.541J课程探讨了自然语言中结构上的特性，并特别强调了声响样式。课题包含了：字汇的表达、产生语音的生理学、语音发音学、产生语音的声学理论、以声学和发音学来描述语音的特征和说话的韵律性、对语言的感知力、使用字汇和语音产生与规划的模型、使用机器来辨识和产生语音的应用，以及探讨语音的错乱。
教学大纲
6.541J surveys the structural properties of natural languages, with special emphasis on the sound pattern. Topics covered include: representation of the lexicon; physiology of speech production; articulatory phonetics; acoustical theory of speech production; acoustical and articulatory descriptions of phonetic features and of prosodic aspects of speech; perception of speech; models of lexical access and of speech production and planning; and applications to recognition and generation of speech by machine, and to the study of speech disorders.
