Readings are listed here alphabetically within each section of the course. See daily syllabus or schedule of topics for chronological reading assignments.

"Round 1" of readings and presentations

I. Background: General concepts and problems

II. Early/classic OT approaches to variation

III. Probabilistic OT(ish) approaches

"Round 2" of readings and presentations

IV. Approaches to gradience in grammar

V. Harmonic serialism

VI. Exemplar/frequency-based models

Optional final reading

VII. One more overview: Looking back