CJJ23 Advanced Phonology and Morphology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Heather Newell (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Markéta Ziková, Ph.D. (deputy)
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
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 D31
Prerequisites
The course presupposes that the student knows things that are a part of the BA curriculum (introductory courses to phonology, morphology and syntax).
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
Course objectives
The focus of this course is on the construction of modular theories of morpho-syntax and phonology via an examination of domain-formation mechanisms used in current theories, with a focus on Distributed Morphology, CVCV phonology, and the Prosodic Hierarchy. We will begin with an introduction to the architecture of DM and its view of the morpheme. We will then move to a discussion of the predictions made by, and problems for, DM when we take into account the phase-cyclic mechanism of locality/domain formation. This will lead us to a discussion of whether independent phonological cycles are needed to augment the morpho-syntactic cycle, and subsequently to whether additional representational tools are necessary to capture the different kinds of phonological domains that are targeted by phonological rules within a language.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student is able to:
- apply theoretic tools when analyzing Czech data;
- compare competing approaches to particular interface phenomena.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the issues, Introduction to DM Embick: Morphemes
  • Introduction to DM, Cycles Arad, Marantz
  • Issues with DM Cycles; the Bigger Picture Lowenstamm, Marvin
  • Cyclic effects/The PIC/Bracket Erasure The PIC: Embick, Newell
  • Cyclic Effects; the Prosodic Hierarchy Bermúdez-Otero & Luis, Scheer
  • An Alternative Linear Account Newell & Piggott, Newell & Scheer
  • Extra Phonological Implications Newell BPs, Steddy
Literature
  • Bye, Patrick & Peter Svenonius. 2012. Non concatenative morphology as epiphenomenon. In J. Trommer (ed.), The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 427–495.
  • Kaye, Jonathan. 1995. Derivations and Interfaces. In J. Durand & F. Katamba (eds.), Frontiers of Phonology: Atoms, Structures, Derivations. London: Longman. 289–332.
  • Scheer, Tobias. 2011. A Guide to Morphosyntax-Phonology Interface Theories. Berlin: De Gruyter.
  • KIPARSKI, P. Lexical morphology and phonology. In Lingustics in the Morning Calm: Selected Papers from SICOL 1981, 1982, 3-91
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, class discussion.
Assessment methods
The final grade is based on a paper where the student compares two analyses of a particular phonological phenomenon.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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