[PGG] = Kenstowicz, Michael. Phonology in Generative Grammar. Blackwell Publishing, 1994. ISBN: 9781557864260.
[TGOT] = McCarthy, John J. A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory. Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780521796446.
[DOT] = ———. Doing Optimality Theory: Applying Theory to Data. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. ISBN: 9781405151368.
LEC # | TOPICS | SUGGESTED READINGS |
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1 | Basic Premises of the Generative Approach |
[PGG] Introduction. [PGG] Chapter 1: The Sounds of Speech. |
Rule-based Derivational Model | ||
2 | Early Generative Model |
[PGG] Chapter 2: Phonological Rules and Representations.
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3 | Ordered Rules |
[PGG] "Phonological Alternations and Derivations." Chapter 3, pp. 89–114. Odden, Dave. "Opacity and Ordering: H-deletion in Kikerewe." The Linguistic Review 17, no. 2–4 (2000): 323–35. Kumbaraci, Türkân E. "Consonantally Conditioned Alternation of Vocalic Morphophonemes in Turkish." Anthropological Linguistics 8, no. 1 (1966): 11–24. |
4 | Derivational Constraints and Conspiracies | Kisseberth, Charles W. "The Relative and the Absolute: The Tunica Stress Conspiracy." University of Illinois, 1970. Unpublished ms. |
5 | Phonotactics and Markedness |
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Optimality Theory model | ||
6 | OT-1: The Basics | [TGOT] Chapter 1: The Core of Optimality Theory. |
7 | OT-2: Allophonic Distribution and Phonological Scales | [DOT] Chapter 2: How to Construct an Analysis. |
8 | OT-3: Positional Faithfulness, Constraint Conjunction, Global Comparison | [TGOT] "Consequences of Globality and Parallelism." Chapter 3.3, pp. 138–63. |
9 | OT-4: Serial Derivations | McCarthy, John J. "An Introduction to Harmonic Serialism." January 2010. From the SelectedWorks of John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. |
Autosegmental Phonology | ||
10 | Feature Organization-1 |
[PGG] Chapter 8: The Phonological Skeleton.
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11 | Feature Organization-2: Organization Below The Root Mode |
[PGG] "Feature Geometry, Underspecfication, and Constraints." Chapter 9, pp. 451–74. Padgett, Jaye. |
12 | Feature Organization-3: Underspecification |
Hwang, So-One K., Philip J. Monahan, et al. "Underspecification and Asymmetries in Voicing Perception." Phonology 27, no. 2 (2010): 205–24. |
13 | Licensing by Cue and P-Map |
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14 | Contrast and Perceptual Distinctiveness |
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15 | Tone-1: African Languages |
[PGG] "Autosegmental Phonology." Chapter 7, pp. 310–38. |
16 | Tone-2: Asian Languages | [PGG] "Autosegmental Phonology." Chapter 7, pp. 376–94.
Xu, Yi. "Contextual Tonal Variations in Mandarin." Journal of Phonetics 25, no. 1 (1997): 61–83. |
17 | Harmony-1 |
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18 | Harmony-2 | McCarthy, John J. "Autosegmental Spreading in Optimality Theory." August 2011. From the SelectedWorks of John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. |
Prosodic Phonology | ||
19 | Syllable-1: Sonority |
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20 | Syllable-2: Syllable Parsing | Steriade, Donca. "Alternatives to Syllable-Based Accounts of Consonantal Phonotactics." ReadBag.com. |
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Syllable-3: Weight
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Gordon, Matthew. Broselow, Ellen, Su-I Chen, et al. "Syllable Weight: Convergence of Phonology and Phonetics." Phonology 14, no. 1 (1997): 47–82. |
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Stress-1: Metrical Grid
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[PGG] "Stress." Chapter 10, pp. 548–64.
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Stress-2: Trochaic Typology
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Gordon, Matthew. "A Factorial Typology of Quantity-Insensitive Stress." Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 20, no. 3 (2002): 491–552. |
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Stress-3: Stress in Windows |
Kager, René. "Stress in Windows: Language Typology and Factorial Typology." Lingua 122, no. 13 (2012): 1454–93. |
25 | Stress-4: Peak Prominence Systems |
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26 | Prosodic Morphology-1 | [PGG] Chapter 11: Prosodic Morphology. |
27 | Prosodic Morphology-2 | McCarthy, John J., and Alan Prince. "Prosodic Morphology 1986." January 1996. From the SelectedWorks of John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. |