24.962
Advanced Phonology
Continuation of 24.961 .
Spring 2005
Topics
- Correspondence Theory Basics
- Correspondence Theory (cont.)
- MAX F Constraints and Positional Faithfulness
- Reduplication: Basic Laws
- Reduplicative Correspondence
- Reduplicant Size and Placement
- Reduplicant Size and Placement (cont.)
- BR vs. IR Correspondence
- Emergence of the Unmarked, and Non-reduplicative Correspondence
- Lexical vs. Postlexical Phonology
- Cyclicity and its OT Translations
- OO Correspondence
- Base-derivative Correspondence
- Paradigm Uniformity
- Paradigm Uniformity (cont.)
- More on Paradigm Regularization
- Overview: Types of Opacity
- Characteristics of Opacity
- Formalization of Opacity in OT
- Sympathy Theory
- Comparative Markedness
- Introduction to Exceptions
- The Representation of Exceptions
- What is regular, and what is an exception?
- Student Presentations, Part 1
- Student Presentations, Part 2
Readings
- Alderete, Beckman, Benua, Gnanadesikan, McCarthy, and Urbanczyk. “Reduplication with Fixed Segmentism.” Linguistic Inquiry 30 (1999): 327-364.
- Broselow, E., and J. McCarthy. “A Theory of Internal Reduplication.” The Linguistic Review 3 (1983/1984): 25-88.
- Chung, S. “Transderivational Relationships in Chamorro Phonology.” Language 59 (1983): 35-66.
- Inkelas, Orgun, and Zoll. “Exceptions and Static Phonological Patterns: Cophonologies vs. Prespecification.” 1997. ROA 124.
- Ito, J., and A. Mester. “Sympathy Theory and German Truncations.” 1997. ROA 211.
- Kenstowicz, M., and C. Kisseberth. Topics in Phonological Theory . Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1977. ISBN: 0124051502.
- ———. “Uniform Exponence: Exemplification and Extension.” 1998. ROA 230.
- Kiparsky. P. “Word Formation and the Lexicon.” In Proceedings of the 1982 Mid-America Linguistics Conference . Edited by Ingemann. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1982.
- ———. “Opacity and Cyclicity.” The Linguistic Review 17 (2000): 351-367.
- ———. Chapter 1, section 1.3: Stratal OT vs. Sympathy. 2004.
- Lombardi, L. “Evidence for Max Feature.” 1998. ROA 247.
- Marantz, A. “Re Reduplication.” Linguistic Inquiry 13 (1982): 435-482.
- McCarthy, J., and A. Prince. “The Emergence of the Unmarked: Optimality in Prosodic Morphology.” 1994. ROA 13.
- Mohanan, K. P. “Lexical Phonology.” 1982/1986. The Theory of Lexical Phonology . Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel Publishing Co., Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic (in United States), 1986. ISBN: 9027722277.
- Steriade, D. “Lexical Conservatism.” In Proceedings of the 25th Linguistic Colloquium on Romance Languages. Edited by M. Authier, B. Bullock, and L. Reed, J. Benjamnins, 1999.
- Zuraw, Kie. “Aggressive Reduplication.” Phonology 19 (2002): 395-439.
- Kiparsky, P. “‘Elsewhere’ in Phonology.” In A Festschrift for Morris Halle . Edited by S. Anderson, and P. Kiparsky. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. pp. 93-106. ISBN: 0030865956.
- Lec #: 2 · topics: Correspondence Theory (cont.) · readings: McCarthy and Prince (1994) Appendix
- Lec #: 3 · topics: MAX F Constraints and Positional Faithfulness · readings: Lombardi (1998) (optional)
- Lec #: 4 · topics: Reduplication: Basic Laws · readings: Marantz (1982)
- Lec #: 5 · topics: Reduplicative Correspondence · readings: McCarthy and Prince (1994)
- Lec #: 7 · topics: Reduplicant Size and Placement (cont.) · readings: Broselow and McCarthy (1983) (optional)
- McCarthy and Prince (1994)
- Alderete et. al. (1999)
- Zuraw (2002)
- Rose and Walker (2004)
- Kiparsky (1982)
- Chung (1983)
- Lec #: 13 · topics: Base-derivative Correspondence · readings: Benua (1997)
- Lec #: 14 · topics: Paradigm Uniformity · readings: Steriade (1999)
- Lec #: 15 · topics: Paradigm Uniformity (cont.) · readings: McCarthy (2003)
- Lec #: 18 · topics: Characteristics of Opacity · readings: McCarthy (1999)
- Lec #: 19 · topics: Formalization of Opacity in OT · readings: Ito and Mester (2003)
- Lec #: 21 · topics: Comparative Markedness · readings: McCarthy (2003)
- Lec #: 22 · topics: Introduction to Exceptions · readings: Kenstowicz and Kisseberth (1977) Chapter 2, Sec. 3.1
- Lec #: 24 · topics: What is regular, and what is an exception? · readings: Zuraw (2002)
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 24.961 G (Spring) 3-0-9 units
Sources
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