For this Thursday (2/2), 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.
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 7, at the beginning of class. (Note the change in due date from the original printed syllabus.) HW1 (due Tu 2/7 @ beg. of class)
For this Thursday (1/26) and next Tuesday (1/31), 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 course syllabus.) Giegerich, Heinz. 1992. English Phonology: An Introduction, Chapter 3 (“Some English vowel systems”). Cambridge: Cambridge …
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For next Tuesday (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 8.1-8.2 (Discussion of English allophony). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
For this Thursday (1/19), 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 course syllabus.) Giegerich, Heinz. 1992. English Phonology: An Introduction, Chapter 2 (“Towards a sound system for English: consonant …
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