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Advanced Phonological Theory B - Syllabus

This document is a syllabus for the course PLIN P305: Advanced Phonological Theory B. It outlines the aims of the course, which are to familiarize students with important areas in segmental phonology and the role of phonetics in phonological modeling. It also provides details on class times and assessment, which includes exercises and a term paper. Finally, it lists the topics that will be covered in the course, including basics of non-linear phonology, assimilation, vowel features and harmony, and phonological inventories.

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Advanced Phonological Theory B - Syllabus

This document is a syllabus for the course PLIN P305: Advanced Phonological Theory B. It outlines the aims of the course, which are to familiarize students with important areas in segmental phonology and the role of phonetics in phonological modeling. It also provides details on class times and assessment, which includes exercises and a term paper. Finally, it lists the topics that will be covered in the course, including basics of non-linear phonology, assimilation, vowel features and harmony, and phonological inventories.

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PLIN P305: Advanced Phonological Theory B – Syllabus

Wouter Jansen
[email protected]
http://wouter.jansen.kuvik.net

March 7, 2005

1 Aims
• To familiarise students with some important areas in the study of segmental phonology, and
in particular the role of phonetics in phonological modelling

• To provide students with the ability to explore the primary literature in the relevant areas

• To encourage participants to develop their own analyses of phonological data

2 Class times and venues


Lecture: Wednesday 10 am, Foster Court Room 218; Backups tbc. Office hours: by arrangement

3 Assessment
Exercises handed out in class; term paper (due March 23)

4 Topics (subject to minor changes)


4.1 Basics of non-linear segmental representation (weeks 1-2)
Review of the basic tenets of Feature Geometry, based around the model of Clements & Hume
(1995). The nature of phonological features, feature class behaviour, privative vs. binary features,
assimilation as spreading, neutralisation/lenition as delinking, phonetic interpretation.

Reading Clements & Hume (1995). Suggestions for further reading: Clements (1985); McCarthy
(1988); Halle (1995); Padgett (2001)

4.2 The phonology and phonetics of assimilation (weeks 3-5)


Phonological analysis of full and partial (nasal) place assimilation; acoustic cues to place contrast
and their role in explaining place assimilation patterns; assimilation of nasals, stops vs. fricatives;
the direction of assimilation and the exceptional behaviour of apicals; the phonetic manifestation of
voicing contrast; modelling voicing assimilation.

Reading Ohala (1990); Iverson & Salmons (1995); Chapters 6/7 of Johnson (1997). Suggestions
for further reading: Jun (2004); Myers (2002); Jansen (to appear)

Syllabus for PLIN P305: Advanced Phonological Theory B 1


4.3 Vowel features and vowel harmony (weeks 6-7)
Basic vowel acoustics; the relation between consonantal and vocalic representation: ’two-mouth’
versus unified theories; ’rectangular’ height and color (= backness + rounding) vs. ’triangular’
(vocalic prime) models of vowel space: the typology and analysis of color harmony.

Reading Chapter 5 of Johnson (1997); Odden (1991). Suggestions for further reading: Chapter
9 of Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996); section 3.3 of Harris (1994) Lindau (1978); Clements (1991);
Busá & Ohala (1999).

4.4 Inventories (week 8-10)


Obtaining generalisations about inventories from UPSID and similar sources; theories that model the
shape of inventories: quantal theory, dispersion, enhancement, feature economy.

Reading (Parts of) Lindblom (1986); Stevens (1989); de Boer (2000). Suggestions for further
reading: Lindblom & Maddieson (1988); Stevens & Keyser (1989); Clements (2003)

5 General background reading


Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996); Johnson (1997); Ladefoged (2001, 2003) are good starting points
for phonetic topics; Kenstowicz (1994), chapters 4 and 9, is good for feature geometry and advanced
generative phonology more generally.

References Harris, J. (1994) English Sound Structure. Lon-


Busá, M. & J. Ohala (1999) In search of the don: Blackwell.
perceptual correlates of vowel harmony. Pro-
Iverson, G. & J. Salmons (1995) Aspiration and
ceedings of the XIVth International Congress
laryngeal representation in Germanic. Phonol-
of Phonetic Sciences (San Francisco) Vol 1:
ogy 12: 369-396.
357-360.
Jansen, W. (to appear) English fricatives and the
Clements, N. (1985) The geometry of phonologi-
typology of regressive voicing assimilation. Ac-
cal features. Phonology Yearbook 2: 225-252.
cepted for inclusion in a Language Sciences
Clements, N. (1991) Place of articulation in con- special issue on English phonology. Available
sonants and vowels: a unified theory. Working from http://www.kuvik.net/wjansen/research.
papers of the Cornell Phonetics Laboratory 5: html.
77-123.
Johnson, K. (1997) Acoustic and auditory pho-
Clements, G. (2003) Feature economy in sound netics. London: Blackwell.
systems. Phonology 20: 287-334.
Jun, J. (2004) Place assimilation. In B. Hayes,
Clements, N. & E. Hume (1995) The internal or- R. Kirchner & D. Steriade (eds.) Phoneti-
ganization of speech sounds. In J. Goldsmith cally Based Phonology. Cambridge: CUP. Draft
(ed.) The Handbook of Phonological Theory. available online from http://www.linguistics.
London: Blackwell. ucla.edu/people/hayes/PBP/JunAbstract.htm

de Boer, B. (2000) Self organization in vowel sys- Kenstowicz, M. (1994) Phonology in Generative
tems. Journal of Phonetics 28: 441-465. Grammar. London: Blackwell.

Halle, M. (1995) Feature geometry and feature Ladefoged, P. (2001) A course in Phonetics. 4th
spreading. Linguistic Inquiry 26: 1-46. ed. London: Harcourt.

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Ladefoged, P. (2003) Phonetic Data Analysis. Myers, S. (2002) Gaps in factorial typology: The
An Introduction to Fieldwork and Instrumen- case of voicing in consonant clusters. Ms., Rut-
tal Techniques. Oxford: Blackwell. gers Optimality Archive.

Ladefoged, P. & I. Maddieson (1996) Sounds of Odden, D. (1991) Vowel geometry. Phonology 8:
the World’s Languages. Oxford: Backwell. 261-289.

Ohala, J. (1990) The phonetics and phonology


Lindau, M. (1978) Vowel Features. Language 54: of aspects of assimilation. In J. Kingston & M.
541-563. Beckman (eds.) Papers in Laboratory Phonol-
ogy 1. Between the Grammar and the Physics
Lindblom, B. (1986) Phonetic universals in vowel of Speech. Cambridge: CUP.
systems. In J. Ohala & J. Jaeger (eds.) Exper-
imental Phonology. Orlando: Academic Press. Padgett, J. (2001) The unabridged feature classes
in phonology. Ms., University of California
Lindblom, B. & I. Maddieson (1988) Phonetic at Santa Cruz. Available online from http://
universals in consonant systems. In L. Hyman people.ucsc.edu/∼padgett/papers.html
& C. Li (eds.) Language, Speech and Mind: Stevens, K. (1989) On the quantal nature of
Studies in Honour of Victoria A. Fromkin. Lon- speech. Journal of Phonetics 17: 3-45.
don: Routledge.
Stevens, K. & S.-J. Keyser (1989) Primary fea-
McCarthy, J. (1988) Feature geometry and de- tures and their enhancement in consonants.
pendency: a review. Phonetica 43:84-108. Language 65: 81-106.

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