Use it to keep track of what we've done and where we're going.
Full citations for course readings can be found on the
reading list.
See also the course overview
for a general outline of course topics.
Th Aug 24
- Covered: Intro to course
- Reading: Basic overview of syllable structure and syllable weight
- Also: Things to be thinking about
- (By Tues) Please log on to the Blackboard discussion board and post to the forum called "RRs: Test forum"
- (By Tues) Be thinking about how we should manage the posting of reading reactions to Blackboard -- deadline? other guidelines?
- (By next Thurs) Should Part II of the course focus on foot structure and stress systems, or on very large prosodic categories and the syntax/phonology interface?
Tu Aug 29
- Covered: Basic overview of syllable structure and syllable weight: Kenstowicz (1994), Ch 6, sec 6.1-2 and sec 6.10; Blevins (1995), Ch 6, sec 3
- Reading:
- Also: (By Thurs) Should Part II of the course focus on foot structure and stress systems, or on very large prosodic categories and the syntax/phonology interface?
Th Aug 31
- Covered: More background on syllable structure: Blevins (1995), Ch 6, sec 6; McCarthy (2003)
- Reading:
Campos-Astorkiza (2004)
- Reading guide
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Mon 6pm
Tu Sept 5
- Covered: An alternative view of moraic faithfulness constraints: Campos-Astorkiza (2004)
- Reading:
Zec (1995)
- Reading guide
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Wed 11pm
Th Sept 7
- Covered: Sonority restrictions on syllable structure: Zec (1995)
- Reading:
Gordon (2004)
| DL: Melissa
- Reading guide
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Mon 6pm
Tu Sept 12
- Covered: Syllable weight without moraic representations: Gordon (2004)
- Reading:
Steriade (1999)
- Reading guide: Keep these two main questions in mind as you read
- According to S, what role does prosodic structure play in the grammar?
- Sort the language examples into categories. What types of evidence does S present? Are there alternative interpretations?
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Wed 11pm
- Reading guide: Keep these two main questions in mind as you read
Th Sept 14
- Covered: Licensing by Cue: Steriade (1999)
- Reading:
Gerfen (2001)
| DL: Abby
- Reading guide
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Mon 6pm
Tu Sept 19
- Covered: A response to Licensing by Cue: Gerfen (2001)
- Reading:
Howe & Pulleyblank (2001)
| DL: Hang
- Reading guide
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Wed 11pm
Th Sept 21
- Covered: Another response to Licensing by Cue: Howe & Pulleyblank (2001)
- Reading:
Steriade (2001)
| DL: Neil
- Reading guide
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Mon 6pm
Tu Sept 26
- Covered: Another use for cues -- the P-map: Steriade (2001)
- Prepare: No new reading. Go back over the paper you
presented and think about:
- What were the major language examples or data patterns?
- What do those examples or patterns tell us about the role (or lack or role) of prosodic structure in phonology? Think about what the paper's author would say, but also consider other approaches that might be consistent with the data.
Th Sept 28
- Covered: Discussion about topics covered so far
- Reading:
McCarthy & Prince (1986)
- Think about: How do the points raised in this article fit in with the various questions we have been purusing in this course?
Tu Oct 3
- Covered: Introduction to Prosodic Morphology: McCarthy & Prince (1986)
- Reading:
McCarthy & Prince (1999) and
Kurisu & Sanders (1999)
- No reading guide; think about what to try to get out of these readings
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Wed 11pm
Th Oct 5
- Covered: Prosodic Morphology in OT (I): McCarthy & Prince (1999), Kurisu & Sanders (1999)
- Reading:
Yu (2005)
| DL: Jeana
- Reading guide
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Mon 6pm
Tu Oct 10
- Covered: Prosodic Morphology in OT (II): Yu (2005)
- Prepare: If templatic morphology falls out from
emergence of the unmarked, then to what extent are prosodic
categories still motivated in the phonological grammar?
Please come to class having explored some small
aspect of this question; be prepared to explain to the class
what you looked at and what conclusion(s) you reached.
Your exploration should involve a concrete OT analysis. Pick
a pattern that you want to account for, make some assumptions
about what constraints you want to use, and see what happens.
Use data from a reading, or make up your own to represent a
particular type of pattern.
- Example: M&P (1986) observe that the same principles determine basic syllable (etc.) structure and also "template" shape. If constraints don't refer to prosodic structure, can we still get template shape from EoA effects?
- Example: Nonconcatenative morphology is said to provide evidence that prosodic categories exist. Revisit one of the atemplatic analyses of reduplcation we've seen (Diyari, Mangarayi, Washo). If there are no templatic constraints, are there any other aspects of these formal analyses that provide evidence for the need to refer to prosodic categories?
- Article review #1 is due by Tu Oct 17
Tu Oct 17
- Covered: Prosodic(?) Morphology and/vs. prosody-free approaches to segmental phonotactics -- Where are we and what can we say?
- For next class: I will present an overview of stress and large prosodic categories; no preparation necessary
- Paper proposals are due Tu Oct 24
Th Oct 19
-
No class -- Fall Break
Tu Oct 24
- Covered: Introduction to stress and intonation
- Resources for stress and intonation page -- see demos used in class today
- Reading: Mellander (2002)
Th Oct 26
- Covered: An approach to asymmetries in foot-internal structure: Mellander (2002)
- Reading:
Hyde (2002)
| DL: Melissa
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Mon 6pm
Tu Oct 31
- Covered: An approach to asymmetries in foot assignment within words: Hyde (2002)
- Reading:
Truckenbrodt (1999)
| DL: Jeana
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Wed 11pm
Th Nov 2
- Covered: Syntax-phonology interface constraints: Truckenbrodt (1999)
- Reading:
Jun (1998)
| DL: Hang
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Mon 6pm
Tu Nov 7
- Covered: Another approach to phonological phrases: Jun (1998)
- Reading:
Itô & Mester (2006)
| DL: Neil
- Focus more on Case Study 2 than Case Study 1 if pressed for time
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Wed 11pm
Th Nov 9
- Covered: How many "phrase" levels are there? Itô & Mester (2006)
- Reading:
Wagner (2002)
| DL: Abby
- Reading reaction due on Blackboard by Mon 6pm
Tu Nov 14
- Covered: German laryngeal neutralization as a phrasal process: Wagner (2002)
- Assignment: Final paper draft is due Th Nov 16 (two copies please)
Th Nov 16
- Covered: Wrap-up discussion: What have we seen, discussed, questioned, and concluded in this course?
- Assignment: Peer commentary on your classmate's final paper is due Tu Nov 21 (two copies please)
Tu Nov 21
- Covered: Peer conferences on final papers
Th Nov 23
-
No class -- Thanksgiving
UPCOMING
- Final presentations
- Tu Nov 28: Melissa, Hang
- Tu Dec 5: Neil, Jeana, Abby
- No class on Th Nov 30
- Article report #2 due by Tu Dec 5