Ling 603: Topics in Phonology Metrical Phonology Prof. Gene Buckley Fall 2013 Time: Wednesdays 3–5 Location: Phonetics Lab

This seminar will explore theoretical approaches to the analysis of stress and related phenomena. We will read work in traditional serial frameworks as well as more recent applications in the parallel framework of Optimality Theory. The specific topics to be covered will depend on the interests of the participants, but are likely to include many of the following:

• Cross-linguistic variation in stress systems
• Parameters of stress rules
• Tree, grid, and bracketed grid notations
• Metrical and prosodic constituent hierachies
• Foot typology
• Extrametricality
• Syllable weight
• Inherent prominence vs. rhythmic alternation
• Cyclicity and morphological influences on stress
• Word vs. phrasal stress
• Relation between linguistic and poetic metrics

Because this is a seminar, the format will emphasize discussion rather than lecture. Articles will most often be presented by students. Auditors are expected to participate in discussions and to present readings as well. The grade will be based primarily on a final paper on some topic relevant to the course content.

Readings

Some of the material may not be ready for general circulation, or is not authorized for universal distribution, so readings are stored in a password-protected directory. Student presenters are indicated in parentheses.

September 4 : Early generative treatment of stress

• Mark Liberman & Alan Prince. 1977. On Stress and Linguistic Rhythm. Linguistic Inquiry 8, 249-336. [pdf]

September 11 : English stress with trees only

• Paul Kiparsky. 1979. Metrical Structure Assignment Is Cyclic. Linguistic Inquiry 10, 421-441. [pdf]

September 18 : Extrametricality in English

• Bruce Hayes. 1982. Extrametricality and English Stress. Linguistic Inquiry 13, 227-276. [pdf]

September 25 : Pure grid theory

• Alan Prince. 1983. Relating to the Grid. Linguistic Inquiry 14, 19-100. [pdf]

October 2 : Bracketed grids

• Bruce Hayes. 1987. A revised parametric metrical theory. Proceedings of NELS 17, 274-289. [pdf]

October 9 : Simplified bracketed grids

• Morris Halle & William Idsardi. 1995.General properties of stress and metrical structure. The Handbook of Phonological Theory, ed. John Goldsmith. Blackwell, 403-443. [pdf]

October 16 : Winnebago; extrametricality by Edge Marking

• Kenneth L. Miner. 1989. Winnebago Accent: The Rest of the Data. Anthropological Linguistics 31, 148-172. [pdf]
• Morris Halle & William Idsardi. 1995. [section 6]
• Eugene Buckley. 2000. Final extrametricality in Latin and Manam. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics 6, 269-277. [pdf]

October 23 : Lapse-based typology

• René Kager. 2001. Rhythmic directionality by positional licensing. Paper presented at HILP-5, University of Potsdam, 11 January, 2001. (Presented originally at the International Conference on Stress and Rhythm, Hyderabad, 11-15 December 2000. [pdf]
• René Kager. 2005. Rhythmic licensing theory: an extended typology. Proceedings of the 3rd Seoul International Conference on Phonology. 5–31. [pdf]
• Eugene Buckley. 2009. Locality in metrical phonology. Phonology 26, 389-435. [paper] [slides]

October 30 : Layered feet

• René Kager. 2012. Stress in windows: Language typology and factorial typology. Lingua 122, 1454-1493. [pdf]
• Eugene Buckley. 2009. Locality in metrical phonology. Phonology 26, 389-435. [pdf] – section 6

November 6 : Extrametricality and symmetry

• Violeta Martínez-Paricio & René Kager. 2013. Non-intervention constraints and the binary-to-ternary rhythmic continuum. Handout from the 21st Manchester Phonology Meeting. [pdf]

November 13 : Korean stress  (Yong-cheol and Sunghye)

• Jun, Sun-Ah. 1998. The Accentual Phrase in the Korean prosodic hierarchy. Phonology 15, 189-226. [pdf]
• Ko, Eon-Suk. 2010. Stress and long vowels in Korean: Chicken or egg, first? Japanese/Korean Linguistics 17, 377-390. Stanford: CSLI. [pdf]

November 20 : Stress and tone (Jingjing)

• de Lacy, Paul. 2002. The interaction of tone and stress in Optimality Theory. Phonology 19, 1-32. [pdf]
• Pearce, Mary. 2006. The interaction between metrical structure and tone in Kera. Phonology 23, 259-286. [pdf]

December 4 : Stress and tone in Chinese (Jingjing)

• Jiang-King, Ping. 1996. An Optimality account of tone-vowel interaction in Northern Min. PhD dissertation, University of British Columbia. [pdf]