CJBB127 Syllable and its typology II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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 (in Czech)
CJBB123 Syllable
Předpokládám schopnost číst odbornou literaturu v angličtině.
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The main aim of the course is to get the students acquainted with the autosegmental theories of syllabic structure - Government Phonology and CVCV. Students should be able to apply those approaches to specific language material from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives.
Syllabus
  • 1. Empty Nuclei and ECP 2. Projection Principle 3. Government and licencing 4. Lenition and fortition 5. Stress and vowel length
Literature
  • Kaye, Jonathan, Jean Lowenstamm & Jean-Roger Vergnaud. 1990. Constituent structure and government in phonology. Phonology Yearbook 7, 193–231.
  • Rubach, Jerzy. 1986. Abstract vowels in three dimensional phonology: the yers. The Linguistic Review, 5, 247–280.
  • Kenstowicz, Michael & Jerzy Rubach. 1987. The phonology of syllabic nuclei in Slovak. Language, 63, 463–497.
  • Scheer, Tobias. 2004. A lateral theory of phonology. Vol 1: What is CVCV, and why should it be? Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Ewen, Colin & Harry van der Hulst. 2001. The phonological structure of words: an introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Carr, Philip. 1993. Phonology. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
homeworks, closing test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
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