Course overview
Phonology II · Fall 2004


Course requirements

This course is open to students who have completed either LING 123 (Phonology I) or LING 60 (Sound Patterns in Language). Intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, it is a reading-intensive, seminar-style course in which students will discuss and critique research papers on current topics in phonology.

Course requirements include writing responses to the assigned readings and leading class discussion of some of the readings. Each student will also complete a term paper.


Content of the course

The papers to be discussed in this course relate to the following topics, which have emerged as areas of controversy in Optimality Theory phonology over the last few years. These topics reflect fundamental questions that are important in any phonological framework, so their significance is not restricted to their consequences for OT.

Additional topics will be chosen based on participants' interest.


This page last revised August 19, 2004.


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