Phonology/Morphology Interface

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Phonological alternations can be sensitive to morphological context. This seminar examines the interaction between morphology and phonology more deeply, asking which morphosyntactic elements, domains, or categories can trigger phonological alternations, and whether morphology can also be sensitive to phonology. How closely are the two modules of grammar connected? Over the course of the semester, we will examine a wide range of approaches to the morphology/phonology interface, and a wide range of cross-linguistic data. We will then consider which approaches make the best predictions about the morphophonological processes we see across languages.