Seminar in Sound Structure (452-0-20)
Instructors
Jennifer Sandra Cole
847/467-7092
2016 Sheridan Road, Rm 201
Office Hours: By appt
Meeting Info
Cresap Laboratory 101: Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
The topic of this seminar is computationally implemented modeling approaches to the analysis of sound systems and spoken language processing. Computational modeling goes beyond identifying patterns in data, and involves formalizing verbal descriptions of theories, resolving ambiguity, and constraining the dimensions a theory can span (Guest & Martin, 2021). We will consider computationally implemented models of phonological systems, speech perception and speech production in several frameworks, including connectionist and other neural architecture models, and dynamical systems models.
Registration Requirements
Ling 350 or permission of the instructor.
Learning Objectives
In this course students will be introduced to the goals of computational modeling in phonetics, phonology and human speech processing, and will become familiar with seminal and current modeling work in the literature. Students will learn how modeling can be used to evaluate theories and how modeling fits into an experimental research program in linguistics.
Teaching Method
Instructor- and student-led discussion of assigned readings
Evaluation Method
Participation in class discussions; Discussion leader for two readings; Discussion posts for assigned readings; One critical response paper; Final project or review paper
Class Materials (Required)
Class materials will be available online.