Reading for Th 2/28: Harley (2006), §6.1-6.5 & §9.12

For next Thursday 2/28, please read the following book sections, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website:

Harley, Heidi. 2006. English Words: A Linguistic Introduction, Sections 6.1-6.5 & Section 9.12Malden: Blackwell Publishing.

(Note:  for completeness, I’ve gone ahead and posted the entirety of Chapters 6 and 9 from this book.  You are only responsible for reading the listed sections.  However, if you find yourself interested in this material, feel free to read some of the surrounding portions of these chapters as well!)

Readings for Tu 2/12 & Th 2/14: Hammond (1999), §3.1-3.2 & Carr (1999), Chap. 7

For next Tuesday (2/12) and Thursday (2/14), please read the following book chapters, 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 course syllabus.)

Hammond, Michael. 1999. The Phonology of English: A Prosodic Optimality-Theoretic Approach, Chapter 3.1-3.2 (English onsets and codas). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Carr, Philip. 1999. English Phonetics and Phonology, Chap. 7 (“English syllable structure”). Malden: Blackwell Publishing.

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 words MarryMerry, and Mary by speakers of General American English, Standard Spoken British English (aka Received Pronunciation, or RP), and Standard Scottish English, then click on the following link.  Notice that the GA speaker pronounces these words identically, while the RP and SSE speakers do not.

MarryMerry, and Mary:  GA, RP, and SSE pronunciations

 

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 pgs. 29-36 of the following, optional reading, which is (still) available from the “Readings” section:

Minkova, Donka & Robert Stockwell. 2008. Phonology: Segmental Histories. In A Companion to the History of the English Language, H. Momma and M. Matto (eds), 29-42. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

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.

Minkova, Donka & Robert Stockwell. 2008. Phonology: Segmental Histories. In A Companion to the History of the English Language, H. Momma and M. Matto (eds), 29-42. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

In Thursday class, we will look at some of the changes that have affected the English consonants over time.  If you would like to know more about these changes, have a look at pgs. 36-42 of the Minkova & Stockwell reading.