Introduction to Phonology

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS	LECTURE NOTES
1	Basic Premises of the Generative Approach	Lecture 1 Notes (PDF)
Rule-based Derivational Model
2	Early Generative Model	Lecture 2 Notes (PDF)
3	Ordered Rules	Lecture 3 Notes (PDF)
4	Derivational Constraints and Conspiracies	Lecture 4 Notes (PDF)
5	Phonotactics and Markedness	Lecture 5 Notes (PDF)
Optimality Theory model
6	OT-1: The Basics	Lecture 6 Notes (PDF)
7	OT-2: Allophonic Distribution and Phonological Scales	Lecture 7 Notes (PDF)
8	OT-3: Positional Faithfulness, Constraint Conjunction, Global Comparison	Lecture 8 Notes (PDF)
9	OT-4: Serial Derivations	Lecture 9 Notes (PDF)
Autosegmental Phonology
10	Feature Organization-1	Lecture 10 Notes (PDF)
11	Feature Organization-2: Organization Below The Root Node	Lecture 11 Notes (PDF)
12	Feature Organization-3: Underspecification	Lecture 12 Notes (PDF)
13	Licensing by Cue and P-Map	Lecture 13 Notes (PDF)
14	Contrast and Perceptual Distinctiveness	Lecture 14 Notes (PDF)
15	Tone-1: African Languages	Lecture 15 Notes (PDF)
16	Tone-2: Asian Languages	Lecture 16 Notes (PDF)
17	Harmony-1	Lecture 17 Notes (PDF)
18	Harmony-2	Lecture 18 Notes (PDF)
Prosodic Phonology
19	Syllable-1: Sonority	Lecture 19 Notes (PDF)
20	Syllable-2: Syllable Parsing	Lecture 20 Notes (PDF)
21	Syllable-3: Weight	Lecture 21 Notes (PDF)
22	Stress-1: Metrical Grid	Lecture 22 Notes (PDF)
23	Stress-2: Trochaic Typology	Lecture 23 Notes (PDF)
24	Stress-3: Stress in Windows	Lecture 24 Notes (PDF)
25	Stress-4: Peak Prominence Systems	Lecture 25 Notes (PDF)
26	Prosodic Morphology-1	Lecture 26 Notes (PDF)
27a	Prosodic Morphology-2a: Hypocoristics and Clippings: Three Case Studies	Lecture 27a Notes (PDF)
27b	Prosodic Morphology-2b: Hypocoristics in Fon (Ewe) and Spanish	Lecture 27b Notes (PDF)
27c	Prosodic Morphology-2c: Japanese Hypocoristics, Truncations, and Argots	Lecture 27c Notes (PDF)