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Calendar

WEEK # CLASS #1 CLASS #2
1  

Organization Meeting.

Generative Grammars.

2

Phonological Rules and Representations. (Donca Steriade [DS])

Kenstowicz and Kisseberth. Generative Phonology (K&K): chap. 2.

Phonological Rules and Representations. (DS)

K&K: chap. 2.
3

Alternations. (Michael Kenstowicz [MK])

K&K: chap. 3.

Alternations. (MK)

K&K: chap. 3.

4

Phonological Sketches. (DS)

K&K: chap. 4.

Phonological Sketches. (DS)

K&K: chap. 4.

5

External Evidence. (MK)

K&K: chap. 5.

External Evidence. (MK)

K&K: chap. 5.

6 Phonetics. (MK)

Phonetics. (MK)

(Have you discussed your project? Today was the deadline.)

7   Phonetics. (MK)
8 Phonetics. (MK) Phonetics. (MK)
9 Phonetics. (MK) Midterm.
10 Markedness. (DS)

Representations. (DS)

K&K: chap. 7.

11 Representations. (DS)

K&K: chap. 7, and 377-379.
Stress. (MK)
12 Stress. (MK) Stress. (MK)
13 Reduplication. (DS)  
14 Reduplication. (DS)

Constraints. (DS)

K&K: chap. 7.

15

Constraints. (DS)

Oral presentation of term projects.