Required Texts
[PGG] = Kenstowicz, Michael. Phonology in Generative Grammar. Blackwell, 1994. ISBN: 9781557864260.
[CIP] = Ladefoged, Peter. A Course in Phonetics. 5th ed. Thomson, 2005. ISBN: 9781413006889.
Reading by Session
| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, course overview, vowels: articulatory description and transcription |
[PGG], pp. 1-11 [CIP], chapter 1 |
| 2-3 | Consonants: articulatory description and transcription; distinctive features |
[PGG], chapter 1 [CIP], chapter 2 |
| 4 | Phonological versus phonetic representations | [PGG], chapter 2 |
| 5 | Alternations and derivations I | [PGG] chapter 3, pp. 89-114 |
| 6 | Alternations and derivations II | |
| 7 | Constraints | |
| 8 | Phonetics I: acoustics of vowels, using Praat | [CIP], chapter 8 |
| 9 | Phonetics II: acoustics of consonants |
[CIP], chapter 6 Lisker, Leigh, and Arthur S. Abramson. "A Cross-language Study of Voicing in Initial Stops: Acoustical Measurements." Word 20, no. 3 (1964): 384-422. ( |
| 10 | Phonetics III: suprasegmentals | [CIP], chapter 10 |
| 11 | Feature geometry | [PGG], chapter 4, section 3 (pp. 145-168) |
| 12 | Course review | |
| 13 | Sociolinguistic variables | Labov, William. "The Social Stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores." Chapter 2 in Sociolinguistic Patterns. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1973. ISBN: 9780812210521. |
| 14 | American English dialects | |
| 15 | Tone I: African languages | [PGG], chapter 7, pp. 310-331 |
| 16 | Tone II: Asian languages | [PGG], chapter 7, pp. 376-384 |
| 17 | Tone III: intonation and phrasing | Ladd, Robert. "Cross-language Comparison of Intonation." Chapter 4 in Intonational Phonology. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780521475754. |
| 18 | Syllables I: structure and syllabification | [PGG], chapter 6, pp. 250-269 |
| 19 | Syllables II: sonority | [PGG], chapter 6, pp. 269-285 |
| 20 | Stress I: prominence | [PGG], chapter 10, pp. 548-565 |
| 21 | Stress II: rhythm | |
| 22 | Stress III: weight | Kenstowicz, Michael. "Peak Prominence Stress Systems and Optimality Theory." Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Linguistics at Chosun University. Gwangju, Korea, November 26, 1993. |
| 23 | Prosodic morphology: reduplication and truncation | [PGG], pp. 622-646 |
| 24 | Loanword phonology |
Silverman, Daniel. "Multiple Scansions in Loanword Phonology: Evidence from Cantonese." Phonology 9, no. 2 (1992): 289-328. Yip, Moira. "The Symbiosis Between Perception and Grammar in Loanword Phonology." Lingua 116 (2006): 950-975. |
| 25 | Review |
Additional Readings
Below is a list of additional useful textbooks, reference books, and journals arranged by topic.
Phonology
Kenstowicz, Michael. Phonology in Generative Grammar. Blackwell, 1994. ISBN: 9781557864260.
Gussenhoven, Carlos, and Haike Jacobs. Understanding Phonology. Hodder Arnold, 1998. ISBN: 9780340692189.
Odden, David. Introducing Phonology. Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780521534048.
Hayes, Bruce. Introductory Phonology. Blackwell, 2008. ISBN: 9781405184113.
Goldsmith, John. Handbook of Phonological Theory. Blackwell, 1995. ISBN: 9780631201267.
De Lacy, Paul. Cambridge Handbook of Phonology. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521848794.
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.
Phonetics
Ladefoged, Peter. A Course in Phonetics. 5th ed. Thomson, 2005. ISBN: 9781413006889.
Reetz, Henning, and Allard Jongman. Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics and Perception. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. ISBN: 9780631232261.
Ladefoged, Peter, and Ian Maddieson. Sounds of the World's Languages. Blackwell, 1996. ISBN: 9780631198154.
Stevens, Kenneth. Acoustic Phonetics. MIT Press, 2000. ISBN-13: 9780262692502.