Welcome to Linguistics 113: Introduction to Phonology

This is where you can download the handouts and assignments from class.


Announcements
Here is the study list for the final that I handed out on Tuesday. Expect the final to be like the homework and the two tests. It may take the full time, but you shouldn't have to race to finish. The best way to study is to review the homework and test problems and go over the problems in the reader (we covered almost all of them). Don't forget to review distinctive features!

You will most definitely want to use IPA fonts for your paper. It's really simple. Most symbols can be created by with the shift-key or through the menu Insert->Symbol. For those who were having trouble navigating the website, I've place the fonts on this website. Click here to download the fonts. If you click "open" on the menu that pops up it will take you through the steps to install the fonts on your computer.
The final paper is due Friday 12/12. Put it in my box in the Linguistics Department by 5pm (when the office closes).

Class Syllabus (last updated 9/22/03)


Handout 1 Phonetics vs. Phonology; Phonemes and allophones (8/26/03)
Handout 2 Minimal pairs; Phonemic analysis (8/28/03)
Handout 3 Rule writing; Free variation (9/02/03)
Handout 4 Review of definitions for phonemic analysis (9/04/03)
Handout 5 Assimilation (9/09/03)
Handout 6 Neutralization; Vowel harmony (9/16/03)
Handout 7 Introduction to features (9/23/03)
Handout 8 More on features (9/25/03)
Handout 9 Redundancy and underspecification (9/30/03)
Handout 10 Syllables: syllable structure and syllable types (10/14/03)
Handout 11 Syllables: phonotactics (10/21/03)
Handout 12 Underlying/Surface Forms; Rule Ordering (10/28/03)
Handout 13 Stress (11/13/03)
Handout 14 Stress (continued) (11/25/03)
Handout 15 First Language Acquisition of Phonology (12/02/03)
Handout 16 Second Language Acquisition of Phonology (12/04/03)


Flow chart guide to determining phonemes and allophones
Guidelines for final paper
Swadesh list of 200 words
Cookbook for distinctive features
Guide to working with language informants
Answers to practice problems (Palauan, Maori, Latin)
Answers to practice problems (Luyia, Lumasaba, etc.)


Solution to homework 1 (plus some guidelines for writing up assignments)
Instructions to homework 3
Solution to homework 3
Homework 4 (problem 3 not included)
Solution to homework 4
Homework 5
Instructions to Homework 6
Instructions to Homework 7
Instructions to Homework 9



Solution to first test
Solution to second test