24.901 | Spring 2026 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Phonology

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A network of interconnections between various abbreviations indicating linguistic constraints.
Caption:
A Hasse diagram of ranked phonological constraints. Such diagrams are used in Optimality Theory, a key topic of this course. (Image courtesy of the instructor.)
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Image courtesy of the instructor.
A network of interconnections between various abbreviations indicating linguistic constraints.

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Spring 2026
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