Ling 523 | Schedule

This schedule may be subject to adjustment as needed.

Monday

Wednesday

[outline] Jan 7
Phonology in mental grammar
Abstraction in phonology

[outline] Jan 12
Phonological analysis basics:
Contrast, distribution, productivity

[outline] Jan 14
Predictable vs. contrastive distribution
"Basic" allophones and URs

Jan 19
HOLIDAY

[outline] Jan 21
Review and discussion:
Phonetics, distribution, URs

Jan 26
Weather cancellation

Jan 28
Phonetics & distribution quiz

Feb 2
Weather cancellation

[outline] Feb 4
Morpheme alternations and URs

Feb 9
WELL-BEING DAY

[outline] Feb 11
Model-building in linguistics
Feature theory and phonological classes

[outline] Feb 16
Intro to syllable structure
Syllable structure and argumentation

[outline] Feb 18
Syllable weight
~~Sonority and~~ syllable structure

Feb 23
Analysis assignment (1):
Presentations

[outline] Feb 25
Syllable-structure assignment
Motivating constraint-based phonology

[outline] Mar 2
Intro to Optimality Theory
Fundamentals of the formalism

[outline] Mar 4
Making valid ranking arguments
Finding "useful losers"

[outline] Mar 9
Practice with phonological analysis
From data set to ranking arguments

[outline] Mar 11
Richness of the Base and input forms
Allophonic alternations in OT

Mar 16
SPRING BREAK

Mar 18
SPRING BREAK

[outline] Mar 23
Allophonic alternations in OT
Factorial typology & segt distribution

[outline] Mar 25
Faithfulness: Correspondence Theory
Formalizing markedness constraints

[info] Mar 30
Squib information & topic exploration

[outline] Apr 1
Analysis assignment (2) due
Too-many-solutions: A problem?

Apr 6
Discussion & review for exam

Apr 8
Phonological concepts exam

Apr 13
Modeling phonological variation
Squib topics check-in

Apr 15
Modeling phonological variation
MaxEnt OT and the GLA

Apr 20
Phonological acquisition and variation
Current topics in phonological theory

Apr 22
Current topics in phonological theory

Apr 27
Squib workshop - Peer feedback

** Final exam period (squib presentations): Th Apr 30, 4-7pm **

Schedule of topics