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24.931 Language and Its Structure I: Phonology
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Graduate (Spring)
(Subject meets with 24.901)
Prereq: 24.900, 24.9000, or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR11-12.30 (24-307) +final
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Introduction to fundamental concepts in phonological theory and their relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Articulatory and acoustic phonetics, distinctive features and the structure of feature systems, underlying representations and underspecification, phonological rules and derivations, syllable structure, accentual systems, and the morphology-phonology interface. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. Students taking graduate version complete different assignments.
D. Steriade
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