Topics in Phonology

Lecture Notes

week #	TOPICS
1	Introduction: Writing Simple Perl Programs (PDF)
2	What is Learning? (PDF) Basic Terms and Concepts
3	Learning Models (for Phonology) (PDF)
4	Calculating Statistical Generalizations (PDF)
5	Statistical Models (cont.) (PDF)
6	Learning OT Grammars - Introduction (PDF)
7	Learning in OT (cont.) - Ranking Biases (PDF)
8	Learning in OT (cont.) - Reasoning about Rankings (PDF)
9	Learning in OT (cont.) - Stochastic Constraint Ranking (PDF)
10	Learning in OT (cont.) (PDF)
11	Learning Alternations (PDF)
12	Learning Alternations (cont.) (PDF)