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Section C

Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

 

LI7: Phonology and Morphology

This paper is available for the academic year 2024-25.

This paper provides an introduction to classic and current research on the word-internal structure of human languages. It builds on the introductory lectures in Li1 (Sounds and Words), but can also function as a stand-alone survey of phonology and morphology for students with suitable linguistics backgrounds who are borrowing the paper into approved Triposes such as MMLL and AMES.

Topics: 

Michaelmas Term

Li7.1ÌýÌýÌý Autosegments

Li7.2Ìý Ìý Feature geometry

Li7.3ÌýÌýÌý Harmony

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Li7.5Ìý Ìý External evidence

Li7.6ÌýÌýÌý Natural Phonology and Optimality Theory

Li7.7Ìý Ìý Evolutionary Phonology, Emergent Feature Theory, and Substance-Free Phonology

Li7.8ÌýÌýÌý Lexical Phonology

Lent Term

Li7.9ÌýÌýÌý Prosodic Morphology

Li7.10 Inflection and derivation

Li7.11 Psychomorphology and neuromorphology

Li7.12 Acquisition of morphology

Li7.13 Productivity and regularity

Li7.14 Blocking

Li7.15 Distributed Morphology and Word and Paradigm Morphology

Li7.16 Theory comparision (with special reference to prosodically-conditioned suppletive allomorphy)

Preparatory reading: 
  • Berent, Iris. 2013. The phonological mind. º£½ÇÉçÇø: º£½ÇÉçÇø University Press.
  • Clark, John Ellery, Colin Yallop, and Janet Fletcher. 2007. An introduction to phonetics and phonology, third edition. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Kenstowicz, Michael, and Charles Kisseberth. 1986. Generative phonology: Description and theory. Emerald Group Publishing.
Teaching and learning: 

16 one-hour lectures, 8 one-hour practical sessions, 8 one-hour supervisions.

The paper's Moodle site can be foundÌý.

Assessment: 

Assessment will be a take home coursework assessment:

Three essays to be submitted online during the exam period (each essay should be no more than 1500 words). Each answer contributes a third of the total mark.

Course Contacts: 
Bert Vaux