LING /ENGL 793/893: Phonetics & Phonology

The class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:40-11:00, in Hamilton Smith 142.

Professor: Naomi Nagy	Office: Ham-Smith 209	Office hours: Tues. 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
	Phone: 862-2783	E-mail: ngn@unh.edu

Note: This schedule may change as the course progresses.

The following abbreviations are used in the syllabus:

L = Ladefoged textbook
Unlabeled page numbers refer to the Roca and Johnson textbook, and homework from there is in the "Further practice" sections at the end of each chapter.
Readings referred to by name are in the reading packet.
G = Gussenhoven and Jacobs book (copies to be distributed in class)
W = Roca & Johnson workbook (copies to be distributed in class)

Week	Day	Topic	Reading	Homework (due next class after it's listed)
1	8/29	Introduction		Skim & review, L Ch. 1 A,B,C (p. 24) Review the IPA symbols
1	8/31	Obstruents & articulation	Ch.1	29,30, L Ch. 1 D,E (p. 27)
2	9/5	Assimilation	Ch. 2	57, L Ch. 2 A-D (p. 48)
2	9/7	Rules & derivations		W 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
3	9/12 Election Day	Sonorants	Ch. 3	83 Download, print and read Lab Manual for labs 1-4 from Blackboard
3	9/14* (Friday 9/15 drop/add ends)	Sound waves & spectrograms Class meets in Murkland G15	Labs 1 & 2 L Ch. 8 (pp. 181-190)	L Ch. 6 C,D (p. 153)
4	9/19*	Acoustics of vowels Class meets in Murkland G15	Labs 3 & 4	Lab 4 report
4	9/21	Natural classes	Ch. 4	112-113
5	9/26	Vowels	Ch. 5, Veatch	141.1,3, G 82.1,2
5	9/28*	Acoustics of consonants Class meets in Murkland G15	Labs 5 & 6 L Ch. 8 (pp. 191-205)	Lab 7 & 8;
6	10/3	Vowel processes	Ch. 6.1-4, -7	L Ch. 8 A,B (p. 208)
6	10/5	Applications of phonetics	Labov (?? presents--focus on the "Prinzivalli Case" section), Cohen (?? presents)	Reading questions
7	10/10	NO CLASS (Columbus Day)
7	10/12	Feature geometry	Ch. 17.8-10	G 70.1,.2, 71.1, 180 (due 10/19)
8	10/17	EXAM 1: Phonetics
8	10/19	The Timing Tier Phonetics & acquisition	Ch. 8.1-4, -9 optional read: Foulkes, Docherty & Watt. 2005. Phonological variation in child-directed speech. Language 81.1:177-206.	229 (just Turk.), G 155,156 and the exercises from the Feature Geometry handout
9	10/24	The Syllable	p. 233, Ch. 9	259 (but not 260), W 3.1, 3.3, 3.4
9	10/26	Syllable complexity	Ch. 10.1-7 Guy & Boberg (?? presents)	292 (just French), L Ch. 10 A (p. 254--This is "fieldwork"-- plan some time for it)
10	10/31	Stress	Ch. 11	*Abstract due 11/2* 318,319 (poetry Q optional) L Ch. 5 A,D,F (p. 128-30)
10	11/2	Metrical theory	Napoli pp. 100-117 (PDF in Blackboard)	L Ch. 10 D (p. 254) (needs the library)
11	11/7 Election Day GO VOTE!		Ch. 12	346-347 (due 11/14)
11	11/9 NWAV conference	NO CLASS - work on your paper with a partner
12	11/14	Syllable weight	Ch. 13.1-5	379-381
12	11/16	Syllable weight	Ch. 13.6-9	G 163 (all), G 226 (just Italian)
13	11/21	Tone and intonation	Ch. 14.1-4	G 147.WG Draft due 11/21
13	11/23	NO CLASS (Thangksgiving)
14	11/28	Tone, continued	Ch. 14.9-12	406 (just Margi) , G 146.Men, 164.K
14	11/30	Optimality Theory	Ch. 19.1-5	G 49.M, 53, 237
15	12/5	Optimality Theory	Ch. 19.6-9 McCarthy's /r/ in OT (paper posted in Blackboard)	G 49.k, 238
15	12/7	Summary and review via presentations
Tuesday	12/12 1:00-3:00	EXAM 2: Phonology
Wednesday	12/13	*Paper due by 5:00 p.m.*

Syllabus last updated 11/21/2006. For questions, contact Naomi Nagy.