This is a list of the course readings in chronological order.
For specific due dates, reading-guide handouts, and assignment information,
see the
Daily syllabus page.
For access to the readings, see Canvas
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This page will be updated as additional readings are assigned.
Phonetics review
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Hayes, Bruce. 2009.
Chapter 1, Phonetics. Introductory Phonology, 1-18. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Optional reading: Review of basic phonetics terms and concepts
for describing consonants and vowels
The starting point: Predictable vs. contrastive information in phonology
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Zsiga, Elizabeth. 2013.
Chapter 10, Phonology 1: Abstraction, contrast, predictability.
The Sounds of Language, 198-220. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Odden, David. 2005.
Sec 4.1-4.3 and 4.6 of Chapter 4, Underlying representations.
Introducing Phonology, 68-77. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[optional reading]
Phonological representations
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Hall, T.A. 2007.
Segmental features. In Paul de Lacy (ed.),
The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology, 311-334. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Mielke, Jeff. 2005.
Ambivalence and ambiguity in laterals and nasals.
Phonology 22(2): 169-203.
- Optional reading: Phonetically ambiguous and phonologically ambivalent segments. Emergent-features model.
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Zsiga, Elizabeth. 2013.
Sec 13.4.3 of Chapter 13, Rules and derivations in generative grammar.
The Sounds of Language, 293-298. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Zec, Draga. 2007.
The syllable. In Paul de Lacy (ed.),
The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology, 161-194. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Introduction to Optimality Theory
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McCarthy, John. 2007.
What is Optimality Theory?
Language and Linguistics Compass 1: 260-291.
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