Course Syllabus: Workshop in Beginning Phonology

Hadass Zaidenberg

Course Description

The course extends the discussion on the standard linear theory of Generative Phonology, and addresses aspects of the non-linear theory of the early 80’s, which introduced hierarchical representations and phonological constraints. The theoretical discussion will allow a critical view of the phonological system and its interface with perception and production.

Throughout the course, we will analyze phonological systems of various languages. We will learn to trace phonological alternations in datasets, identify their regularities, detect their triggers and account for the changes of mental representations (UR) into surface representations (PR). A great part of the course will be devoted to learning the formal aspects of the phonological system. We will formulate linear and non-linear rules, and determine their order with respect to each other, and their interaction with phonological constraints.

ourse Prerequisites: Introduction to Linguistics: panoramic view, Phonetics

Simultaneously: Beginning Phonology

Course Requirements

Attendance in lectures, assignments submission