Kie Zuraw
UCLA Linguistics
Ling 201A
Phonological Theory II
Winter 2012
Tuesdays 2:00-4:50 and Thursdays 2:00-2:50 in Bunche 3117
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- Almost everything here is a PDF file, so you need
Adobe Acrobat Reader
(or similar software) to view and print.
How to make fancy brackets in MS Word
and here is a
Word version that you can copy the examples from
Course information
Kie's student hours: Tuesdays 5:00-6:30 and Wednesdays 10:00-11:30,
in Campbell 3122A
Syllabus
Term paper stuff
Lecture handouts
- Here's an
SPE rule notation review
from my 2010 Ling 200A course.
- Class 1 (Jan. 10):
Variation, part I
Free variation, Stochastic OT; we started on lexical variation
Here's the
Excel spreadsheet demoing ranking values and the Gradual Learning Algorithm.
There are tabs at the bottom of the window called "RankingValues" and "GLA".
- Class 2 (Jan. 12):
Variation, part II
More lexical variation; MaxEnt OT; lexical selection
- Classes 3 and 4 (Jan. 17 and 19):
Issues in process application
Iterativity and non-iterativity, self-bleeding and self-counterfeeding,
directionality, and multi-site variation
- Classes 5 and 6 (Jan. 24 and 26):
Issues in process interaction
Transparency and opacity, look-ahead, and others
- Class 7 (Jan. 31):
Structure above the segment, part I
skeletal slots, moras, syllables, grids, and feet
- Class 8 (Feb. 2):
Structure above the segment, part II
prosodic words
- Class 9 (Feb. 7):
Prosodic morphology
reduplication, infixation, truncation
- Class 10 (Feb. 9):
Correspondence review
- Class 11(Feb. 14):
Phonetic substance in phonology?
- Class 12 (Feb. 16):
Phonologization
- Class 13 (Feb. 21):
Structure below the segment
autosegmental representations
- Class 14 (Feb. 23):
Structure below the segment, cont'd
relation of autosegmental representations to phonetics
- Class 15 (Feb. 28):
Phonology-morphology interface
mostly Lexical Phonology
- Class 16 (Mar. 1):
Phonology-morphology interface, cont'd
broader conceptual issues
- Class 17 (Mar. 6):
Phonology-syntax interface
Higher prosodic levels, and alternatives
- Class 18 (Mar. 8):
Phonology-syntax interface, cont'd
Instead of another assignment, in-class problem solving
- Class 19 (Mar. 13):
Phonology vs. the lexicon, phonology vs. processing
- Class 20 (Mar. 15--last class):
Phonological evidence
How can we tell which generalizations are real to the speaker? Whether some
generalizations are preferred?
Study questions and study guides for readings
Tips on reading scholarly
articles
Problem sets
I'll usually post two versions of each assignment:
- the PDF version, which is best for viewing and printing
- a MS Word version, with fonts embedded, so that you can (I hope) copy and
paste data to your write-up
The main special font that I use is Doulos IPA
(see below for link to download these free fonts
from SIL).
In theory font-embedding should make the special characters available
to you even if
you don't have the font, but it doesn't always work.
- HW #1: Variation in French -esque,
due Fri., Jan. 20.
If you want to copy and paste data, here's an
MS Word Version
Here's the partial OTSoft input file that you'll need:
01VariationFrench.txt
- HW #2: Process application in Woleaian,
due Fri., Jan. 27.
If you want to copy and paste data, here's an
MS Word Version
- HW #3: Look-ahead in Nanti,
due Fri., Feb.3.
If you want to copy and paste data, here's an
MS Word Version
- HW #4: Stress in Fijian,
due Fri., Feb. 10.
If you want to copy and paste data, here's an
MS Word Version
- HW #5: Reduplication in Samoan,
due Fri., Feb. 17.
Here's the Excel file you'll need
- HW #6: Detailed faithfulness in Shona,
due Fri., Feb. 24.
If you want to copy and paste data, here's an
MS Word version
- HW #7: Autosegmentalism in Chaha,
due Fri., Mar. 2.
If you want to copy and paste data, here's an
MS Word version
- HW #8: Strata in Malagasy,
due Fri., Mar. 9.
If you want to copy and paste data, here's an
MS Word version
The end!
Links
Bruce Hayes's OTSoft
If you give it candidates, constraints, and constraint violations,
it gives you a constraint ranking (if there is one) and makes nice tableaux
for you.
Also runs Gradual Learning Algorithm and MaxEnt OT
Staubs et al.'s OT-Help
Accepts OTSoft-format input files.
Will rank your constraints in standard OT,
but will also give Harmonic Grammar constraint weights--and implements
serial versions of both.
Floris van Vugt's Marpa-OT
Lets you make an OT tableau in a spreadsheet program and then convert it
into code you can paste into a LaTeX document.
Feature chart and definitions by Bruce Hayes
includes handy Excel spreadsheet
FeaturePad
free software (Windows only) for learning about and manipulating
features
Floris van Vugt's Pheatures
A modern Java version of FeaturePad, with many improvements!
SIL International
Fonts, software, and more. To go straight to free fonts, click
here.
The International Phonetic Association (IPA)
Various useful things, including a mention of how to get phonetics fonts for
TeX/LaTeX (click on "fonts" in the menu on the left).
Doug Arnold's LaTeX for Linguists pages
How to do various linguistic things in LaTeX: IPA symbols, OT tableaux,
autosegmental representations, glossing, trees...
Ethnologue
Basic information on all the world's languages.
Speech Internet dictionary (SIPhTrA)
By John Maidment
Online sounds from the UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive
Includes an
IPA chart that you can click on to hear sounds
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