24.901 | Spring 2026 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Phonology

Calendar

Session 1: What Phonologists Do   

Session 2: What Phonologists Do (continued); review IPA   

Session 3: Features and Processes; problem set 1 due   

Session 4: Features (continued)   

Session 5: Length, Autosegments   

Session 6: Length and Tone; problem set 2 due   

Session 7: Vowel Harmony   

Session 8: Vowel Harmony (continued); quiz 1   

Session 9: Rule Ordering   

Session 10: Rule Ordering (continued)   

Session 11: Optimality Theory Basics; problem set 3 due   

Session 12: OT (continued)   

Session 13: Midterm

Session 14: OT: Conspiracies   

Session 15: OT: Blockage; problem set 4 due   

Session 16: Factorial Typologies: Syllables   

Session 17: Factorial Typologies: Sonority   

Session 18: Factorial Typologies: Stress; problem set 5 due   

Session 19: Stress (continued)   

Session 20:English Stress and Morphology   

Session 21: Morphology: Infixing; problem set 6 due   

Session 22: Morphology: Truncation   

Session 23: Morphology: Reduplication; quiz 2   

Session 24: Reduplication (continued)   

Session 25: Course Conclusions

Course Info

Spring 2026
Lecture Notes
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