No Office Hours On Friday, February 1
Please note that I will *not* be holding my regular office hours tomorrow (from 11:30am-1pm). Please direct any urgent inquiries to me via email, and I will respond to them as soon as I can.
Archive of entries posted on January 2013
HW1 (UPDATED: due Th 2/7 @ beg. of class)
Your first homework assignment is now available for download–just click on the link below for a PDF version. It will be due on Tuesday, February 5 Thursday, February 7, at the beginning of class. HW1 (due Th 2/7 @ beg. of class) Note regarding the first problem: If you’d like to hear the pronunciations of the …
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Reading for Tu 1/29 & Th 1/31: Giegerich (1992), Chap. 3; OPTIONAL: Minkova & Stockwell (2008), pgs. 29-36
For next week, please read the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website. Giegerich, Heinz. 1992. English Phonology: An Introduction, Chapter 3 (“Some English vowel systems”). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. And for those of you who are interested to know more about the historical development of English vowels, have a look at …
Reading for Th 1/24: Giegerich (1992), §8.1-8.3; OPTIONAL: Minkova & Stockwell (2008), pgs. 36-42
For next Thursday (1/24), please read the following book excerpt, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website. Giegerich, Heinz. 1992. English Phonology: An Introduction, Chapter 8.1-8.3 (Discussion of English consonantal allophony). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. I’ve also posted the following, optional reading, which discusses the historical developments of the consonantal and vowel systems of English. …
Reading for Tu 1/22: Giegerich (1992), Chap. 2
For next Tuesday (1/22), please read the following book chapter, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website. (Note that the “Readings” section is password-protected–you can find the password on the first page of the printed syllabus.) Giegerich, Heinz. 1992. English Phonology: An Introduction, Chapter 2 (“Towards a sound system for English: consonant phonemes”). Cambridge: Cambridge …
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