June 27: Sound change and the organization of phonology

• The life-cycle of phonological rules.
• Types of phonological rules and domains of rule application.
• The origin of contrast: secondary split and its relation to the problem of phonological opacity.
• The diachronic commitments and motivations of linguistic theories.
  • Neogrammarians: the ``exceptionlessness'' hypothesis and its theoretical implications. Analogy. Modern exemplar-based theories.

  • Saussure's radical dualism: synchronic constraints and diachronic processes.

  • Generative phonology.

  • OT: parallel and stratal.