Instructors: M. Kenstowicz and D. Steriade
Fridays 9—12, 32-D461
Brief description:
This class discusses the analysis of opaque phonological processes, beginning with the latest proposal, John McCarthy’s OT-with-Candidate-Chains (OT-CC). The broad aim of the class is to reach a conclusion about the need for any unified approach to opacity within OT (as against a divide-and-conquer approach that deals separately with the different phenomena comprising the set of opaque structures); and to explore related issues about the origins and continued productivity of opaque systems.
| 2-8 | OT-CC intro |
| 2-15 | OT-CC: the model McCarthy 2006: chapter 3; 4: 4.2. DS |
| 2-22 | Case studies 1: Levantine & Bedouin Arabic, Québec French |
| 2-29 | Case studies 2: Stress, syncope, epenthesis in Cyrenaican Ar |
| 3-7 | Case Study 3: Icelandic |
| 3-14 | Derived environments in OT-CC |
| 3-21 | Return of global rules |
| 4-4 | Other approaches: intermediate inputs |
| 4-11 | Still other approaches: contrast preservation |
| 4-18 | Opacity as expanded faithfulness |
| 4-25 | TBA |
| 5-2 | TBA |
| 5-9 | Class presentations |