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arts-logo.pngSEMESTER 2, 2017
Course Information

  • Course Coordinator 

Jason Brown - Jason.brown@auckland.ac.nz

  • Course delivery format

2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of tutorial

(Timetable and room details can be viewed on Student Services Online)

Summary of Course Description              

A continuation of LINGUIST 201, introducing a more theoretical approach to phonology including distinctive feature theory, syllable theory, metrical phonology, autosegmental phonology, lexical phonology.  Issues are explored in the context of a constraint-based approach to phonology.  Includes a practical component in which theories are applied to language data. 

Course outcomes

This is a course in advanced phonology.  By the end of the course students should be able to perform both a phonological and a morphological analysis (including working with data, isolating patterns, constructing descriptive generalizations, and providing arguments for a particular viewpoint).  A goal of the course is for the student to become familiar with the contemporary theories employed in phonology, specifically, constraint-based approaches.

Weekly Topics

Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 The role of constraints in grammar
Week 3 Correspondence Theory
Week 4 Targets and repairs
Week 5 Constraints on features
Week 6 Syllable structure
Week 7 Allomorphy
Week 8 Reduplication
Week 9 Paradigms
Week 10 Phonological phrasing
Week 11 The syntax/phonology interface
Week 12 Factorial typologies and grammars

Prescribed Texts:

 Reading list is available on Canvas.

Recommended Texts:

Kager, R. 1999. Optimality theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

McCarthy, J. J. 2008. Doing optimality theory. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

 

Workload:

The University of Auckland's expectation on 15-point courses, is that students spend 10 hours per week on the course. Students manage their academic workload and other commitments accordingly. Students attend two hours of lectures each week and participate in a one-hour tutorial from week 2 of semester. This leaves seven hours per week outside the classroom to prepare for tutorials, assignments and the exam.

Deadlines and submission of coursework:

Deadlines for coursework are non-negotiable. In extreme circumstances, such as illness, you may seek an extension but you will be required to provide a doctor's certificate before the assignment is due. All late assignments without a pre-approved extension will be penalised one mark per day late.

Assessment Weightings:

Homework Assignments: 3 @ 20% each =     60%

Final Exam:                                                     40%

Course summary:

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