CJJ36 Autosegmental Phonology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Markéta Ziková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Markéta Ziková, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jaroslava Vybíralová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
CJJ02 Phonetics and Phonology
The course presupposes that the student knows basic concepts of phonology.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course introduces analytical tools of autosegmental phonology. The focus is on the following models: Element Theory, Government Phonology, Strict CV. The course aims at understanding of phonological structure of Czech from both a synchronic and diachronic perspective.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student is able to:
- use analytical tools of autosegmental models;
- capture the universal tendencies of syllable structure;
- understand and analyze diachronic phonological changes of Czech;
- explaine phonological principles of sound alternations in contemporary Czech (e.g. e-zero alternations, alternations in vocalic length).
Syllabus
  • 1. Essentials of autosegmentalism: skeleton, segmental features, association lines, no crossing lines principle.
  • 2. Application to Czech: hiatus consonants, long vovels and diphthongs, OCz nasal vowels.
  • 3. Communication between segmental and prosodic levels: empty prosodic positions, floating segmental features, government and licensing.
  • 4. Application to Czech: vowel-zero alternations, syllabic consonants.
  • 5. Representation of segments: consonantal vs vocalic elements, element hierarchy.
  • 6. Application to Czech: vowel length alternations, voice assimilation and final devoicing.
Literature
    required literature
  • An introduction to element theory. Edited by Phillip Backley. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011, xiv, 210 p. ISBN 9780748637447. info
  • Scheer, Tobias and Markéta Ziková. 2010. The Havlík Pattern and Directional Lower. In: W. Browne et al (eds.), Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics. The Second Cornell Meeting 2009. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Publication. 470-485.
    recommended literature
  • Scheer, Tobias. 2004. A Lateral Theory of Phonology. Vol. 1: What is CVCV, and Why Should It Be? Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Carr, Philip. 1993. Phonology. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
  • ZIKOVÁ, Markéta. Úvod do slabičné typologie (Introduction to Syllable Typology). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 91 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6924-4. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
Teaching methods
Class discussion, reading, homework.
Assessment methods
To complete the course successfully, it is necessary: 1) to participate actively in the seminars, 2) to participate in the final (group) project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
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