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Aug 20
About this course
What is phonology?
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Aug 22 |
rq1: represent segments
Ling 101 review: Articulatory phonetics
Describing speech sounds
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Aug 27
Phonology as science
Phonetics review quiz
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Aug 29
Phonological features
Representing segments and classes
Sept 3
WELL-BEING DAY
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Sept 5
Applying/testing a phonological model:
Using features to state segment classes
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Sept 10
Complementary / contrastive distribution
Allophones and environments
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Sept 12 |
rq2: represent morphemes
Morphemes and alternations
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Sept 17
Underlying representations
Phonological rules
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Sept 19
Applying the phonological model:
Rules and features
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Sept 24
Generalizing phonological rules
Derivations
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Sept 26
Phonology as science, revisited:
Ethics and research in linguistics
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Oct 1 |
rq3: syllable structure
Evidence for syllable structure
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Oct 3
Evidence for syllable structure, cont.
WU #1 due
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Oct 8
Diagnosing syllable structure
Representing syllable structure
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Oct 10
Syllable structure "options"
Building syllable structure
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Oct 15
Applying the model: Building syllables
Syllable-driven epenthesis / deletion
Oct 17
FALL BREAK
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Oct 22
English clusters
Sonority; Glides and syllable structure
Oct 24
Exam review
Oct 29
Midterm exam
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Oct 31 |
rq4: phono. processes
Child phonology
Rethinking rules
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Nov 5
Optimality Theory:
Phonology with "goals"
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Nov 7
Ranking arguments, useful losers
Markedness and faithfulness constraints
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Nov 12
Applying the model:
Syllable structure in OT
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Nov 14
Factorial typology
Syllable-structure universals in OT
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Nov 19
Complementary distribution in OT
Richness of the Base
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Nov 21
Complementary distribution in OT
Nov 26
Segmental distribution: Factorial typology
Child phonology in OT
Nov 28
THANKSGIVING
Dec 3
OT: General discussion
Wrap-up: Why does phonology matter?