Course Desc<x>ription and ob<x>jectives:
<br>This course focuses on the comparison between different ways to characterize 
<br>the inner workings of phonological processes and their interactions. The goals 
<br>of this course are:
<br>(1) Surveying some basic phonological data: How do speech sounds work, 
<br>pattern, and interact across the world’s languages? What properties do sound 
<br>patterns share across every language in the world, and in what general ways do 
<br>they differ? Much of this course will focus on patterns within and among sound 
<br>segments, but later we will talk more about larger phonological units, like 
<br>syllables and words.
<br>(2) Teaching students to analyze phonological data: Throughout the course we 
<br>will look at lots of languages. In each case, you will look at some data, see 
<br>patterns in that data, describe them as carefully as you can, use a theory to 
<br>capture those patterns, and then assess how well the theory works – or even 
<br>compare two theories’ abilities to capture the same data.
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<br>Textbook:
<br>TBA
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<br>Tentative Schedule:
<br>Week 01 Introduction and Orientation
<br>Week 02 228 Peace Memorial Day (No Class)
<br>Week 03 Phonetics (Review)
<br>Week 04 Phonemic Analysis 
<br>Week 05 More on Phonemic Analysis 
<br>Week 06 More on Phonemic Analysis (Quiz I)  
<br>Week 07 Intercollegiate Activities (No Class)
<br>Week 08 Features
<br>Week 09 Features 
<br>Week 10 Midterm Exam
<br>Week 11 Phonological Alternation I
<br>Week 12 Phonological Alternation I
<br>Week 13 Phonological Alternation II
<br>Week 14 Phonological Alternation II (Quiz II)
<br>Week 15 Overview
<br>Week 16 Final Exam  
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<br>Assessment:
<br>Attendance and In-class Contribution	15%
<br>Problem Sets and Homework		15%
<br>Quizzes					20%
<br>Midterm Exam				25%
<br>Final Exam		 	        25% 
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<br>Declaration for Student Use of AI
<br>Not Applicable