Topics in Phonology

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week #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction: Writing Simple Perl Programs
2	What is Learning? Basic Terms and Concepts	Assignment 1 due
3	Learning Models (for Phonology)	Assignment 2 due
4	Calculating Statistical Generalizations	Assignment 3 due
5	Statistical Models (cont.)	Assignment 4 due
6	Learning OT Grammars - Introduction	Assignment 5 due
7	Learning in OT (cont.) - Ranking Biases	Assignment 6 due
8	Learning in OT (cont.) - Reasoning about Rankings	Assignment 7 due
9	Learning in OT (cont.) - Stochastic Constraint Ranking	Assignment 8 due Talk with me about project topics
10	Learning in OT (cont.)
11	Learning Alternations
12	Learning Alternations (cont.)	Final project due five days after week 12