Models in the phonological analysis: theoretical and descriptive aspects. Metaphony in Italian varieties and harmonies. Morphological analysis in the generative framework
L.M. Savoia, Introduzione alla fonetica e alla fonologia, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2014.
L.M. Savoia, I dialetti italiani. Sistemi e processi fonologici nelle varietà italiane e romance, Pacini, Pisa, 2014.
Learning Objectives
The course aims at providing an articulate knowledge in the phonological theory and its methods of analysis. Metaphony and the micro-variation which characterizes it will be the main field of application of the phonological analysis. A related topic which will be considered concerns morphological analysis.
Prerequisites
12cfu in General Linguistics
Teaching Methods
lectures and seminars
Further information
Other readings will be indicated at the biginning of the course