Language and Its Structure I: Phonology

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS
1	Introduction, course overview, vowels: Articulatory description and transcription
2-3	Consonants: Articulatory description and transcription; distinctive features
4	Phonological versus phonetic representations
5	Alternations and derivations I
6	Alternations and derivations II
7	Constraints
8	Phonetics I: Acoustics of vowels, using Praat
9	Phonetics II: Acoustics of consonants
10	Phonetics III: Suprasegmentals
11	Feature geometry
12	Course review
	Mid-term exam
13	Sociolinguistic variables
14	American English dialects
15	Tone I: African languages
16	Tone II: Asian languages
17	Tone III: Intonation and phrasing
18	Syllables I: Structure and syllabification
19	Syllables II: Sonority
20	Stress I: Prominence
21	Stress II: Rhythm
22	Stress III: Weight
23	Prosodic morphology: Reduplication and truncation
24	Loanword phonology
25	Review
	Final exam