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[01] M Aug 17

• Covered today: Course information; introduction to Japanese and linguistics [outline]
  • Handout - Course information and policies [date error corrected Sept 1]
  • Handout - Basic background: Japanese and linguistics
• To read for W Aug 19:
  • Handout - Writing Japanese: Kanji, kana and transliteration
  • Handout - Context: Phonetics and phonology
  • Reading - Kubozono (2015), Ch 1 [direct link] - read sec 2 "Vowel inventories"
    • You can also find this reading through Course Reserves on Canvas
• To prepare for W Aug 19:
  • Please complete the background questionnaire if you haven't already
  • We will work with this handout in class next time - you might want to bring a printout
    • Handout - Phonetics: Vowels of Japanese

[02] W Aug 19

• Covered today: Writing vs. language; phonetics of Japanese vowels [outline]
  • Handout - Writing Japanese: Kanji, kana and transliteration
  • Course webpage - Kana charts
  • Handout - Context: Phonetics and phonology
  • Handout - Phonetics: Vowels of Japanese
  • Audio - Example sound files for vowels (Canvas)
• To prepare for F Aug 21:
  • Prep questions 08.21
    • Due F Aug 21 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments
  • Please complete the background questionnaire if you haven't already
  • We will work with this handout in class next time - you might want to bring a printout
    • Handout - Phonetics: Consonants of Japanese

[03] F Aug 21

• Covered today: Consonant articulation; phonetics of Japanese consonants [outline]
  • Handout - Phonetics: Consonants of Japanese
  • Handout - Japanese consonants and vowels: Example words
  • Audio - Example sound files for consonants (Canvas)
• To read for M Aug 24: Hayes (2009), Ch 1 [direct link] - read sec 1.4, "Consonants" (info and chart in sec 1.4.4 are FYI only)
  • You can also find this reading through Course Reserves on Canvas
• To prepare for M Aug 24:
  • Prep questions 08.24
    • Due M Aug 24 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments
  • Finish filling out the consonant chart in the handout Phonetics: Consonants of Japanese, using the Hayes reading to help you

[04] M Aug 24

• Covered today: Phonology - mental sound patterns; sounds that change in context [outline] [Padlet]
  • Handout - Phonetics: Reference charts for Japanese consonants and vowels
  • Data set - Syllable-final nasals
  • Audio - Example sound files for syllable-final nasals, sets (1)-(4) and (5)-(9)
  • Handout - Phonemes and allophones
  • How to look at sound environments in a data set
    • Data set - Voiceless vowels
    • Worked-out example - Environment charts
• To prepare for W Aug 26: Data sets (see specific instructions at end of today's outline)
  • Data set - Bilabial, palatal, and glottal fricatives | Part I only
  • Data set - Alveolar/alveo-palatal obstruents in Japanese, part (I) | Set (2) only
  • Prep questions 08.26 - use the data sets and handouts from today
    • Due W Aug 26 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments

[05] W Aug 26

• Covered today: Allophones and phonological rules [outline] [Padlet]
  • Handout - Phonetics: Reference charts for Japanese consonants and vowels
  • Handout - Phonemes and allophones
  • Data set - Bilabial, palatal, and glottal fricatives | Part I only
  • Data set - Alveolar/alveo-palatal obstruents in Japanese, part (I) | Set (2) only
• To prepare for F Aug 28:
  • Data set - Alveolar/alveo-palatal obstruents in Japanese, part (I) | Set (1)
  • Data set - Bilabial, palatal, and glottal fricatives | Part II
  • Prep questions 08.28 - use the data sets and handouts from today
    • Due F Aug 28 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments

[06] F Aug 28

• Covered today: Phonemes, phonological rules, lexical strata [outline] [Padlet]
  • Data set - Bilabial, palatal, and glottal fricatives
  • Data set - Alveolar/alveo-palatal obstruents in Japanese, part (I)
  • Data set - Alveolar/alveo-palatal obstruents in Japanese, part (II)
• To prepare for M Aug 31:
  • Review segmental phonology and bring questions next time (sound files are now working!)
  • Handout - Segmental phonology in Japanese: Summary (via Canvas)
  • Supplement to outline slides - Summary of /h/ analysis (via Canvas)
  • Remember that the Padlet is also a place to ask questions!

[07] M Aug 31

• Covered today: Segmental phonology: Wrap-up [outline] [Padlet]
  • Data set - Alveolar/alveo-palatal obstruents in Japanese, part (II)
• To read for W Sept 2: Kawahara (2015), "The phonology of Japanese accent", sec 1
  • This reading is Ch 11 in Kubozono (ed., 2015)
  • Read section 1, "Introduction" [direct link] | focus on sec 1.3 and 1.4
  • You can also find this reading through Course Reserves on Canvas
• To prepare for W Sept 2:
  • Prep questions 09.02 - note that there are sound files to listen to
    • Due W Sept 2 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments
• FYI: For those who would like to read more about loanword phonology
  • Smith (to appear) - A review of recent research on loanword phonology
  • Smith & Tashiro (2019) - Results of an experiment on how Japanese speakers prefer to nativize loanwords from English

[08] W Sept 2

• Covered today: Pitch accent [outline] [Padlet]
  • Audio - Example sound files for pitch accent (Canvas)
• To read for F Sept 4 (review): Kawahara (2015), "The phonology of Japanese accent", sec 1
  • Read section 1, "Introduction" [direct link] | focus on sec 1.4
  • You can also find this reading through Course Reserves on Canvas
• To prepare for F Sept 4:
  • Prep questions 09.04 - note that you need to access web links and upload a diagram (or bring it to class)
    • Due F Sept 4 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments
    • Use kana charts and OJAD Word Search

[09] F Sept 4

• Covered today: Prosodic structure - Moras and syllables [outline] [Padlet]
  • Data set - Prosodic structure in Japanese
• Optional reading: Tsujimura (2014), ch 3, on moras and syllables in Japanese [physical book on reserve]
• To prepare for W Sept 9:
  • Prep questions 09.09
    • Due W Sept 9 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments
  • Information and review guide for Quiz #1 - bring questions to class or post on Padlet

M Sept 7

Labor Day — no class

[10] W Sept 9

• Covered today: Phonetics and phonology - Discussion [outline] [Padlet]
  • Handout - Prosodic structure in Japanese: Summary
• To prepare for F Sept 11: Quiz #1
  • Information and review guide

[11] F Sept 11

• Covered today: Quiz #1

 

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