Poznan09

Introduction to Optimality Theory

Sara Finley

This introductory course will cover the basic architecture and properties of Optimality Theory, or OT. The empirical context for the introduction will be basic syllable structure and stress. No previous background in phonological theory will be presupposed; the course will introduce the phonological background as necessary. In line with the theme of this year’s EGG (external evidence), the final day will tie in ‘experimental’ approaches to Optimality Theory.
Day 1
Introduction to constraint interaction I; constraining syllable types
Day 2
Introduction to constraint interaction II; stress
Day 3
Language typology: factorial typologies and emergence of the unmarked
Day 4
Faithfulness, correspondence and reduplication
Day 5
Experimental Approaches to OT

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