Ling 531: Phonology II

Schedule of Topics and Readings

Prof. Gene Buckley
Spring 2009

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In the list of readings, the following abbreviations are used; simple numbers indicate the chapters (or sections) to read, otherwise the page range.

P = Kenstowicz's Phonology in Generative Grammar
OT = Kager's Optimality Theory

The scheduling of topics is very much subject to change, so be sure to check this page frequently.

Week
Date
Topic of Lecture Reading
1
Jan 13
Semester starts tomorrow —
Jan 15
Optimality Theory OT 1-27 (optional to p. 48)
2
Jan 20
NC effects in OT OT 52-88
Jan 22
Optimal syllables OT 91-117; P 250-285
3
Jan 27
(continuation)  
Jan 29
Berber syllabification; Extrasyllabicity Prince and Smolensky 1993 (pp. 11-21)
4
Feb 3
Moraic theory P 285-298
Feb 5
Compensatory lengthening;
Richness of the Base		 Kawahara 2002 (pp. 43-55);
McCarthy 2008, Doing Optimality Theory (pp. 87-94)
5
Feb 10
Syllable alignment and contiguity OT 248–252
Feb 12
Word-based syllabification Steriade 1999
6
Feb 17
Properties of stress P 548-562
Feb 19
Foot typology P 562-566, 587-605
7
Feb 24
Extrametricality  
Feb 26
Weight and binarity P 593-605
8
Mar 3
Metrical constituency P 566-587
midterm exam handed out 
Mar 5
Brackets and edges P 605-613
Spring Break, March 9-13
9
Mar 17
Stress in OT OT 142-177 (skim to 190)
midterm exam due
Mar 19
Lapse and directionality Kager 2001
10
Mar 24
Reduplication P 622-633; OT 194-216, 230-252
See page by Hal Schiffman on Echo reduplication
Mar 26
Infixation and reduplication OT 223-230
Morphological doubling:  Inkelas and Zoll 2000
11
Mar 31
Emergence of the unmarked P 646-658; OT 216-230
Apr 2
Generalized template theory  
12
Apr 7
Templatic morphology P 395-410
Apr 9
(continuation)  
13
Apr 14
Geminates and tiers P 410-420
Apr 16
Rule typology P 195-213
14
Apr 21
Lexical phonology P 213-227
Apr 23
Opacity in OT Kenstowicz 1996
15
Apr 28
Sympathy and OT-CC McCarthy 1999 (in Phonology)
Apr 30
Reading day —