Daily schedule for Ling 401

Mon 8/26
- Handouts
  - Syllabus
  - Course overview
  - Generative phonology and phonemic analysis (we made it up to section 5)
- To do before next class
  - Read Zsiga (2013): Ch 10, Ch 11.2
    - Readings are in the dropbox folder shared via e-mail
    - Post a question or comment on Slack
  - Post an introduction on Slack
  - Think of as many answers as possible to the questions below.
    - “What are other possible goals of phonological theory?”
    - “What are phonological data?”
Wed 8/28
- Handout
  - Generative phonology and phonemic analysis (we made it up to section 12)
- Comments
  - We made it up to the section on displaced contrast.
- To do before next class
  - Read Zsiga (2013): Ch 12, Ch 13–13.3
    - No comment necessary, since HW #1 is due
  - HW 1 due 9/4
Mon 9/2
- No class
Wed 9/4
- Handouts
  - Generative phonology and phonemic analysis (we finished it)
  - Rules (we made it up to section 6)
- Comments
  - HW 1 is due today
- To do before next class
  - Read DOT 1–13 (1–1.2)
  - Take a look at the list of phonetics terms in section 7. Flag any that you aren’t familiar with.
Mon 9/9
- Handouts
  - Rules (we made it up to section 11)
- Comments
  - Today is the first quiz
- To do before next class
  - Instead of reading from the textbook, please read through the rest of the handout on Rules.
  - Make sure you’ve read DOT 1–13 (1–1.2)
Wed 9/11
- Handout
  - Rules (we finished it)
  - Rules plus constraints (we made it up to section 7)
  - HW write-up tips
- To do before next class
  - Read DOT 13–29 (1.3–1.8)
  - Read Kager 18–27 (1.4)
  - HW 2 due 9/18
Mon 9/16
- Handout
  - Rules plus constraints (we finished it)
- To do before next class
  - No reading to do
  - HW 2 due 9/18
Wed 9/18
- Handout
  - Architecture of OT (we made it up to section 8)
- Comments
  - HW 2 was due today, but you should look it over, test your analysis, and turn it in on 9/23 instead
- To do before next class
  - HW 2 revisions
  - Quiz on Monday will ask you to fill in a tableau, select a winner, andd add shading and exclamation marks.
  - Read Kager 1–17 (1–1.3), which reviews the major concepts we talked about in class.
  - HW 3 due 9/25, posted on Slack
    - This is a short homework to practice ranking constraints and selecting winners in OT.
    - You do not need to type up the solution in the form of a paper.
Mon 9/23
- Handout
  - Architecture of OT (we finished it)
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - Read DOT 30–53 (2–2.2)
  - HW 3 due 9/25, posted on Slack
Wed 9/25
- Handout
  - Ranking constraints (we made it up to section 6)
- Comments
  - HW 3 is due today
- To do before next class
  - Read Kager 27–47 (1.5–1.9)
  - Read DOT 53–72 (2.4–2.5)
    - I’ll present the material that’s in sections 2.3 and 2.6–2.8, but you’re not required to read it.
    - All of Chapter 2 of Doing OT is very useful, and worth reading before you submit your first OT analysis on 10/9.
Mon 9/30
- Handout
  - Ranking constraints (we finished it)
  - Typology of contrast in OT (we made it to section 4)
- To do before next class
  - Read DOT 103–136 (2.10–-2.12)
Wed 10/2
- Handouts
  - Typology of contrast in OT (we finished it)
- To do before next class
  - Read Kager 91–109 (3.1–3.3.3)
  - Read DOT (5.4)
  - HW 4 due 10/9
Mon 10/7
- Handout
  - Learning algorithms in OT (physical handout)
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - HW 4 due 10/9
Wed 10/9
- Handout
  - Syllable typology (we made it to the OT typology)
  - Lardil practice (physical handout)
- Comments
  - HW 4 is due today
- To do before next class
  - Read Lombardi (1999/2004)
    - note: Lombardi assumes a privative voice feature, which means voiced segments have [voice] and voiceless segments have no voice feature
  - Read DOT 195–212 (4.6)
  - HW 5 is due on 10/23
Mon 10/14
- Handout
  - Syllable typology
- To do before next class
  - Read DOT Chapter 3
    - We’ll only discuss any questions or comments you have, since we’ve already talked a lot reading and writing.
  - HW 5 is due on 10/23
Wed 10/16
- Handout
  - How to read a phonology paper
- To do before next class
  - HW 5 is due on 10/23
  - Read DOT 212–234
Mon 10/21
- Handout
  - Correspondence theory and positional faithfulness
- To do before next class
  - HW 5 is due on 10/23
  - Read Kager 142–161
Wed 10/23
- Handout
  - Correspondence theory and positional faithfulness
  - Physical handout: stress
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - Read Kager 161–171
  - HW 5 is due today
Mon 10/28
- Handout
  - Physical handout: stress
- To do before next class
  - Read Kager 171–190
Wed 10/30
- Handout
  - Physical handout: stress
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - Read Kager 194–205
Mon 11/4
- Handout
  - Physical handout: quantity sensitive stress
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - Read Kager 205–216
  - HW 6 due 11/15 (original deadline was 11/11)
Wed 11/6
- Handout
  - Physical handout: reduplication
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - No reading – work on HW 6 and find a research topic
  - Topic approval deadline is 11/13
  - HW 6 due 11/15 (original deadline was 11/11)
Mon 11/11
- Handout
  - Physical handout: reduplication
  - Physical handout: reduplication (part two)
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - Read Kager 216–230 (We won’t discuss this much in class)
  - Topic approval deadline is 11/13
  - HW 6 due 11/15 (original deadline was 11/11)
Wed 11/13
- Handout
  - Physical handout: reduplication
- Comments
  - Topic approval deadline is due today
- To do before next class
  - Read Kager 230–252
  - Paper proposal is due on 11/20
Mon 11/18
- Handout
  - Physical handout: opacity
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - Paper outline is due on 11/20
Wed 11/20
- Handout
  - Physical handout: variation
- Comments
  - Paper proposal is due today
- To do before next class
  - Read DOT Ch 6
  - No quiz on Monday
Mon 11/25
- Handout
  - Physical handout: variation
- Comments
- To do before next class
  - Quiz on partially ordered constraints
  - Work on final paper and presentation
Wed 11/27
- No class
Mon 12/2
- Handout
  - Physical handout: variation
- Comments
  - Quiz on partially ordered constraints
- To do before next class
  - Final paper is due on 12/13
  - Final paper presentations are on 12/4
Wed 12/4
- Handout
  - No handout: just presentations
- Comments
  - Final paper presentations are today
- To do before next class
  - Final paper is due on 12/13