Use it to keep track of what we've done and where we're going.
Preparing for the first day of class
- Background and interests survey
- Link to the survey (Google Forms) from this Canvas Announcement
- Reading: Zsiga (2013), Ch 10, sec 10.1 (pp 199-203), "The necessity of abstraction"
[Course Reserves via Canvas]
- Preparation for discussion on the first day of class
- Read before the first class if possible, or by M Jan 12
[01] W Jan 7
- Covered today: Introduction to the course; Phonology in mental grammar
[outline]
- Handout - Course information and policies
- Handout - Course objectives
- To read for M Jan 12:
see Canvas Course Reserves
- For phonetics review (optional): Hayes (2009), Ch 1
- On fundamental phonology concepts: Zsiga (2013), Ch 10
- sec 10.1: Review and background for today's class discussion
- sec 10.2-
10.4: Our focus for next time - Reading guide
- Spot-check: (as 01.12): Please fill out the background & interests survey if you haven't already | due M Jan 12, 2pm
- Review: Phonetics review guides (we'll check in on these next class)
- Know the following concepts, terms, and symbols for the phonetics/distribution quiz
- Handout - Consonants
- Handout - Vowels — this will be our reference vowel chart for this course
- Optional phonetics review links for additional review and practice
- FYI - more
IPA charts
- Why don't we treat [a] as a front vowel? See Sidney Wood's blog post "Is cardinal 4 front or central?"
- Know the following concepts, terms, and symbols for the phonetics/distribution quiz
[02] M Jan 12
- Covered today:
[outline]
- Phonetics check-in
- Review handouts (see M Jan 7)
- Phonological analysis basics: Contrast, distribution, productivity
- Zsiga (2013), ch 10 (sec 2) (Course Reserves)
- Reading guide
- Exercise (9) (Russian)
- Data set - Tohono O'odham
- Phonetics check-in
- To read for W Jan 14:
see Canvas Course Reserves
- On fundamental phonology concepts: Zsiga (2013), Ch 10
- sec 10.3-10.4: Our focus for next time
- Reading guide
- On fundamental phonology concepts: Zsiga (2013), Ch 10
- Discussion exercise for W Jan 14:
Exercise (10) (Farsi) from Zsiga (2013: Ch 10)
- Goes with spot-check 01.14 in Canvas Assignments, due W Jan 14, 2pm
- Covered today: Distribution; "basic" allophones and URs
[outline]
- Zsiga (2013), ch 10 (sec 3-4) (Course Reserves)
- Reading guide
- Exercise (10) (Farsi)
- Discussion exercise for W Jan 21:
Turkish minimal pairs — Vowels
- Goes with spot-check 01.21 in Canvas Assignments, due W Jan 21, 2pm
- Note that this data set is large, but you do not necessarily need to analyze all of it to answer the question posed at the beginning — part of the goal is to consider how to use the data set efficiently
- Upcoming: Phonetics and distribution quiz on M Jan 26
- Review phonetics handouts: consonants | vowels
- Review predictable/contrastive distribution, stating environments
- Bring any questions to class next time