Gestural coordination in an optimality theory framework, as illustrated by Gafos. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare. Adapted from Gafos, Adamantios I. "A Grammar of Gestural Coordination." Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20 (2002): 269-337.)
Prof. Edward Flemming
24.964
Fall 2006
Graduate
Many details of phonetic realization cannot be predicted from standard phonological representations on a language-independent basis, so phonetic realization must be specified in grammar. In this seminar we will investigate phonetic realization as a component of grammar.
The basic questions that we will address are: