P h o n o l o g y
Updated 10/27/2007 (see changes below)
How to find me
:James Myers (麥傑)
Office: 文學院247
Tel: x31506
Email: Lngmyers at ccu dot edu dot tw
WWW: http://www.ccunix.ccu.edu.tw/~lngmyers/
Office hours: Monday 3-5 pm (and/or make an appointment)
Goals
:You will learn to analyze phonological data, understand classic and current theories of phonology, and read and write phonology papers, so you can apply and contribute to the development of phonology.
Readings
(do them before class!)Textbook: Gussenhoven, Carlos, and Haike Jacobs. 2005. Understanding phonology (second edition). London: Arnold. ["G&J"]
Kenstowicz, Michael, and Degif Petros Banksira. 1999. Reduplicative identity in Chaha. Linguistic Inquiry 30:573-585.
McCarthy, John. 2001. A thematic guide to Optimality Theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [brief selections]
Ohala, John J. 1986. Consumer's guide to evidence in phonology. Phonology Yearbook 3: 3-26.
Rubach, Jerzy. 1998. A Slovak argument for the onset-rhyme distinction. Linguistic Inquiry 29:168-179.
Grading
:60% Exercises
40% Term paper [due 2008/1/14]
The phonology exercises are due at the beginning of class. You are encouraged to share ideas with your fellow students (in this class), but you must hand in your own answers.
The term paper (12 pages maximum, plus references, double-spaced, in English) should solve a theoretical problem posed by a specific phonological pattern in a specific language. You MUST decide on a paper topic by 12.10 -- no major changes after this date!! The term paper itself is due in my mailbox before 5 pm on 1.14. When I grade, I will focus on your organization, logic, and understanding of the theoretical issues discussed in class.
We will also discuss some phonology papers and practice a bit of laboratory phonology. If you want to write your term paper about Chinese, I strongly recommend using laboratory phonology techniques, since otherwise it will be very hard to find anything new to say.
Schedule
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Week |
Topic/Activity |
Readings |
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9.17 |
What's phonology? |
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9.24 |
NO CLASS [中秋節] |
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9.27 |
Phonological evidence |
Ohala (1986) |
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10.1 |
The physiology of speech (and signing) |
G&J Ch. 1 |
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10.8 |
Phonological systems |
G&J Ch. 2 |
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10.15 |
Rules, constraints, & underlying forms |
G&J Chs. 3-4 |
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10.22 |
Features |
G&J Ch. 5, |
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10.29 |
Ordering rules |
G&J Ch. 6-7 |
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11.5 |
The theory of Lexical Phonology |
G&J Ch. 8 |
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11.12 |
Discuss Kenstowicz and Banksira (1999) |
Kenstowicz & Banksira (1999) |
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11.15 |
Tone |
G&J Ch. 9 |
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11.19 |
Syllables |
G&J Ch. 10 |
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11.26 |
The theory of Feature Geometry |
G&J Ch2. 11-12 |
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12.3 |
NO CLASS (James away at a conference) |
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12.10 |
Discuss Rubach (1998) |
Rubach (1998) |
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12.17 |
Phonology above the word |
G&J Ch. 15 |
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12.24 |
Stress and feet |
G&J Ch. 13-14 |
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12.31 |
NO CLASS [New Year's Eve] |
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1.7 |
Phonology mini-conference [last class] |
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1.14 |
TERM PAPER DUE |
Other useful phonological resources:
何大安（民
75）聲韻學中的觀念和方法。大安出版社。Archangeli, Diana, & D. Terence Langendoen. 1997. Optimality Theory: An overview. Blackwell.
Cheng, Chin-Chuan (1973) A synchronic phonology of Mandarin Chinese. Mouton. [鍾榮富譯 (民83) 國語的共時音韻。文鶴出版社。]
Chomsky, Noam, and Morris Halle. 1968. The sound pattern of English. MIT Press.
de Lacy, Paul. 2007. The Cambridge handbook of phonology. Cambridge University Press.
Goldsmith, John A. 1995. The handbook of phonological theory. Blackwell.
Kager, Rene. 1999. Optimality Theory. Cambridge University Press.
Kenstowicz, Michael. 1994. Phonology in generative grammar. Blackwell.
Odden, David. 2005. Introducing phonology. Cambridge University Press.
Roca, Iggy, and Wyn Johnson. 1999. A course in phonology. Blackwell.
The Rutgers Optimality Archive: http://roa.rutgers.edu/