22.1891, Confs: Phonology, Typology/Portugal

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Subject: 22.1891, Confs: Phonology, Typology/Portugal

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Date: 28-Apr-2011
From: João Veloso [jveloso at letras.up.pt]
Subject: Advanced Course Phonological Typology

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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:11:01
From: João Veloso [jveloso at letras.up.pt]
Subject: Advanced Course Phonological Typology

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Advanced Course Phonological Typology 

Date: 11-Jul-2011 - 15-Jul-2011 
Location: Porto, Portugal 
Contact: João Veloso 
Contact Email: jveloso at letras.up.pt 
Meeting URL: http://cl.up.pt 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology; Typology 

Meeting Description: 

Advanced Course (20 hours). Monday-Friday, 9 am - 1 pm
Instructor: Professor Bernhard Hurch (University of Graz, Austria)
Language of teaching: English
Fee: 60 EUR (students: 30 EUR)
Organization: Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto
Information/applications: João Veloso (jveloso at letras.up.pt)

Typology as a sub-discipline of linguistic research has seen a notable revival in the last two decades. But still, it includes very different approaches, according to different theories. To start with, there is no uncontroversial agreement on the question whether typology deals with 'types' and what such types can be. The traditional 'European' approach proposes a concept of typology which aims at explaining the possibilities and limitations of grammatical structure. The pure study of cross-linguistic comparison (American approach) thus is not a satisfactory goal of typological research. 

Phonology and typology are interrelated from different perspectives, both concerning phenomena and methodology. The proposals range from phonology-internal to holistic approaches, from the discussion of possible explanations of recurrent sound patterns to a broader view which seeks to discover the origin of grammatical invariance in rhythmic patterns. Typology in a narrow sense can be seen as an intermediate level between universals and language specific characteristics, thus it must allow to interrelate properties systematically which co-occur in a given system. The course will aim at establishing a notion of phonological types, in the sense that phonologies are not only different for presenting one or the other characteristic, but that phonologies may systematically differ with respect to process types, the impact of centrifugal vs. centripetal tendencies, of syllabic vs. accentual orientation etc.

A good overview over a wide range of approaches can be found in 'Linguistic Typology' 11.1 ('Whither linguistic typology -- an und für sich and in relation to other types of linguistic pursuits?').

Further reading material and texts for discussion will be provided at the beginning of the course. 

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