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Block Seminar 2024 | Session 3, Change on a large scale

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles

Topics: Is ‘demorphologisation’ a thing? — Stress system change in Mapudungun — Stress system change in English Suggested reading: one or more of the following, on ‘demorphologisation’ (a–d), stress change...

Block Seminar 2024 | Session 2, Analogy and Sound change

Dodd 247 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles

Topics: Analogical changes affecting word prominence location — Sound changes affecting word prominence location — Word prominence shifts as sound changes in themselves? Suggested reading (one or more of the...

Block Seminar 2024 | Session 1, Introduction

Dodd 247 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles

Topics: What is prosody, and what is a prosodic system? — Why ask “what we know and what we would like to know?” — Evidence on historical word prominence —...