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Description

This course serves as an introduction to the current research questions in phonological theory.

Topics include metrical and prosodic structure, features and their phonetic basis in speech, acquisition and parsing, phonological domains, morphology, and language change and reconstruction. Activities include problem solving, squibs, and data collection

Course Curriculum

  • Basic Premises of the Generative Approach Unlimited
    • Early Generative Model Unlimited
    • Ordered Rules Unlimited
    • Derivational Constraints and Conspiracies Unlimited
    • Phonotactics and Markedness Unlimited
    • OT-1: The Basics Unlimited
    • OT-2: Allophonic Distribution and Phonological Scales Unlimited
    • OT-3: Positional Faithfulness, Constraint Conjunction, Global Comparison Unlimited
    • OT-4: Serial Derivations Unlimited
    • Feature Organization-1 Unlimited
    • Feature Organization-2: Organization Below The Root Node Unlimited
    • Feature Organization-3: Underspecification Unlimited
    • Licensing by Cue and P-Map Unlimited
    • Contrast and Perceptual Distinctiveness Unlimited
    • Tone-1: African Languages Unlimited
    • Tone-2: Asian Languages Unlimited
    • Harmony-1 Unlimited
    • Harmony-2 Unlimited
    • Syllable-1: Sonority Unlimited
    • Syllable-2: Syllable Parsing Unlimited
    • Syllable-3: Weight Unlimited
    • Stress-1: Metrical Grid Unlimited
    • Stress-2: Trochaic Typology Unlimited
    • Stress-3: Stress in Windows Unlimited
    • Stress-4: Peak Prominence Systems Unlimited
    • Prosodic Morphology-1 Unlimited
    • Prosodic Morphology-2a: Hypocoristics and Clippings: Three Case Studies Unlimited
    • Prosodic Morphology-2b: Hypocoristics in Fon (Ewe) and Spanish Unlimited
    • Prosodic Morphology-2c: Japanese Hypocoristics, Truncations, and Argots Unlimited

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