Introduction to Phonology

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	DUE DATES
1	Basic Premises of the Generative Approach
Rule-based Derivational Model
2	Early Generative Model
3	Ordered Rules
4	Derivational Constraints and Conspiracies	Problem Set 1 due
5	Phonotactics and Markedness
Optimality Theory Model
6	OT-1: The Basics	Problem Set 2 due
7	OT-2: Allophonic Distribution and Phonological Scales
8	OT-3: Positional Faithfulness, Constraint Conjunction, Global Comparison	Problem Set 3 due
9	OT-4: Serial Derivations
Autosegmental Phonology
10	Feature Organization-1	Problem Set 4 due
11	Feature Organization-2: Organization Below The Root Node
12	Feature Organization-3: Underspecification	Problem Set 5 due
13	Licensing by Cue and P-Map
14	Contrast and Perceptual Distinctiveness	Problem Set 6 due
15	Tone-1: African Languages
16	Tone-2: Asian Languages	Problem Set 7 due
17	Harmony-1
18	Harmony-2	Problem Set 8 due
Prosodic Phonology
19	Syllable-1: Sonority
20	Syllable-2: Syllable Parsing	Problem Set 9 due
21	Syllable-3: Weight
22	Stress-1: Metrical Grid
23	Stress-2: Trochaic Typology
24	Stress-3: Stress in Windows
25	Stress-4: Peak Prominence Systems
26	Prosodic Morphology-1
27	Prosodic Morphology-2	Research reports due