Introduction
Phonology is one of the research foci in the SLAM lab and is led by one of the co-directors Dr. Caroline Wiltshire. Phonology investigates the phonological systems of the world — the principles that govern how sounds function in language, which exhibit a fascinating range of highly organized patterns. The research in phonology includes phonemic and morphophonemic analysis, distinctive-feature theory, the formulation of rules and constraints, the problems of abstractness and rule ordering, and the formalization of phonological representation. If you want to know more about the work of phonology in SLAM lab, you can browse the content compiled as below.
Courses
Introduction to phonology (Lin 4320)
Phonology 1 (Lin 6323, every fall)
Phonology 2 (Lin 6341)
Current graduate students
Pamir Gogoi, Josh Martin, Fenqi Wang
Previous PhD dissertations
| Year | Name | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Gregory Bontrager | Effect of orthographic depth on reading in English and Spanish |
| 2014 | Ashima Aggarwal | Testing acquisition of L2 Hindi voicing and aspiration contrasts: A comparison from multiple L1s |
| 2014 | Si Chen | A phonetic and phonological investigation of the tone system of Chongming Chinese |
| 2013 | Saleh Batais | Consonantal and syllabic repairs of Arabic and Dutch loanwords in Indonesian: A phonological account |
| 2012 | Khalsa Al Aghbari | Noun plurality in Jebbali |
| 2010 | Divya Gogoi | Acquisition of perceptual categories in third language: The role of metalinguistic awareness and feature generalization |
| 2009 | Priyankoo Sarmah | Tone systems of Dimasa and Rabha: A phonetic and phonological study |
| 2001 | Jodi Bray | Defining sonority: A phonetics/phonology account of the Sonority Sequencing Principle |
Previous MA theses
| Year | Name | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Adam McCollum | Labial harmony in Kazakh: Descriptive and theoretical issues |
| 2010 | Lee Ballard | Akan vowel harmony in Optimality Theory |
| 2010 | Si Chen | New typology of Japanese compound accents and an analysis in Optimality Theory |
| 2008 | Milla Chappell | The role of first-language transfer and universal markedness in second-language production and perception of word-final obstruents and obstruent clusters |
| 2006 | William Welch | Aspects of Zarma (Songhay) tonology |
| 2002 | Russell Moon | A comparison of the acoustic correlates of focus in Indian English and American English |
| 1997 | Rodger Hendricks | Connectionist modeling of tone spread in Mende |
| 1997 | Patricia Anuszewski | Regarding the representation and organization of the nodes, larynx and tongue root in a three-dimensional manner |