Highlighted items are future plans that
may be subject to adjustment.
This includes the due date for Exam #2.
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Jan 9
Intro to course Why do we need phonological theory? | |
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Jan 14
[unit 1: Representations]
"Null Hypothesis", (un)predictable info LING 520 phonetics review |
Jan 16
PHONETICS QUIZ Alternations; comp dist; URs |
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Jan 21
No class -- Holiday |
Jan 23
Intro to feature theory -- Why use features? How should they be defined? |
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Jan 28
Features and natural classes Modeling traditional phonetic categories |
Jan 30
Feature systems and their predictions |
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Feb 4
Phonological analysis with features Argumentation in write-ups |
Feb 6
Syllable structure |
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Feb 11
Syllable weight in moraic theory |
Feb 13
Review for exam Practice with syllables and moras |
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Feb 18
EXAM #1 (in class) |
Feb 20
[unit 2: OT basics]
Target-based phonology Intro to OT |
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Feb 25
Discussion of Exam #1 Cross-linguistic phonological targets |
Feb 27
OT: Working with tableaus Valid ranking arguments |
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Mar 3
Gen, Con, and Eval Factorial typology |
Mar 5
Complementary distribution and its relation to phonological inventories |
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Mar 10
No class -- Spring Break |
Mar 12
No class -- Spring Break |
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Mar 17
More on complementary distribution, M, F, and typological patterns |
Mar 19
Practice with OT analysis strategies |
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Mar 24
Practice with OT analysis strategies |
Mar 26
Faithfulness and reduplication Correspondence Theory |
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Mar 31
Alignment Squib proposals due EXAM #2 distributed |
Apr 2
[unit 3: Current issues in OT]
Opacity |
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Apr 7
Parallel bottom-up, top-down effects |
Apr 9
EXAM #2 due Indexed and positional constraints |
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Apr 14
Syllable contact and sonority |
Apr 16
Final discussion Course wrap-up |
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Apr 21
Presentations |
Apr 23
Presentations |
*** FINAL PAPERS (squibs) are due at our exam period ***
F May 2, 4:00pm