For this Thursday 2/7, please read the following book excerpt, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website. Hammond, Michael. 1999. The Phonology of English: A Prosodic Optimality-Theoretic Approach, Chapter 2.1-2.2 (General introduction to the English syllable). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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 …
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. …
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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