SPAN 510 Spanish Descriptive Linguistics: Phonology

This is a second graduate course in phonology, with a primary focus on Spanish. Our goals will be to understand the Spanish sound system in the context of phonological theory more generally, and to engage the field by generating and pursuing research questions that have the potential to contribute to advancing our knowledge of this topic. Our goals are both methodological and theoretical. Students will conduct focused explorations of the literature, generate research questions that build on our current knowledge, and develop strategies for answering those questions. Familiarity with the basic concepts of phonology, and with the major schools of thought in phonology (from LING 504) will be assumed.