Seminar in Phonetics/Phonology Credit Hours: 3. Repeatable for maximum 9 credit hours Special topics in phonetics, phonology, or the phonetics/phonology interface. The course will be taught in English, and will focus on significant contributions to phonetics & theoretical phonology (potentially including historical and L2 scenarios) that draw on data from a variety of Romance languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, and Catalan. The Spring 2027 offering of this course will be: This course will survey phonological and phonetic aspects of lenition in Romance languages and varieties, as a microcosm of lenition processes that affect languages across the world. We will examine the following factors: Different types of lenition processes (e.g., voicing, debuccalization, vowel coalescence, loss of contrast) Linguistic and social factors that affect lenition Experimental methods for studying lenition Theoretical frameworks that attempt to explain lenition Original research articles will provide the basis of the course, supplemented by handbook chapters. Students will also design and pilot a small study focusing on a topic of choice related to lenition. Semester Offered: Spring Level: Graduate
