Phonology II

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This class is a continuation of Phonology I, the two classes together aim to provide a basic survey of phonological typology and theoretical questions, as well as familiarize you with the formal machinery phonologists use. The focus of this course is on segmental phonology and experimental investigations into phonological knowledge. Like Phonology I, this class is built around problem sets, which hopefully require you to extend the ideas we develop in class to new data and problems. Another goal of the class is to give you some experience presenting to a group. You will give three presentations throughout the semester; the first is a presentation of a paper written pre-OT, the second is of one of the assigned readings and the third is of your term project.