NB:  This is an old syllabus; and updated version will be
posted soon

Linguistics 450:  Introduction to Phonology

Scott DeLancey
Straub 227
346-3901
delancey@darkwing

Texts:    Katamba, An Introduction to Phonology
          Halle and Clements, Problem Book in Phonology

Course outline

For  Topic                                        Read Chapter

3/30  History of Phonology                         
4/1   Segments and Features                             1, 3
4/8   Oppositions and the Phonemic Principle            2
4/15  Representations and Rules                         4-5
4/17  Rule ordering & abstractness                      7-8
4/22  Natural phonology                                 6
4/27  Syllable structure                                9
5/6   Tone & autosegmental representation               10
5/11  Autosegmental Representations and Rules
5/18  Features and Segment Structure
5/25  Metrical phonology                                11
6/1   Lexical phonology                                 12


Requirements:  Weekly homework exercises.  These will be checked
but not graded; however 15% of your grade will reflect how many
of these you have turned in.  Homework will be assigned every
week, and be due in class on Monday (except for the week of the
midterm).

One midterm, take-home, will be given out in class on May 1, and
due in class on May 4.

The final exam will also be take-home; it will be handed out the
last day of class, and due in the Linguistics office by noon on
Tuesday, June 9.  The midterm will constitute 40%, and the final
45%, of your final grade.