CUNY WORKSHOP ON PHONOLOGICAL FEATURES Sponsored by the CUNY Phonology Forum and the M.A./Ph.D. Program in Linguistics at CUNY
SPEAKERS:	G. N. Clements, Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie, Paris
	Elan Dresher, University of Toronto
THURSDAY, March 10, 4:15 - 6:15; FRIDAY, March 11, 10:00 - 12:00 and 2:00 - 4:00
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave. New York City, New York 10016		ROOM C203

NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

Professors Clements and Dresher will present aspects of their recent research into feature theory. These scholars have been revisiting foundational aspects of feature theory, including the nature of contrast, markedness, redundancy, and the structure of phonological inventories. For a good overview of Professor Clements´ approach, attendees are invited to read his "Features and Speech Sound Systems," which was presented last year at the CUNY Symposium on Phonological Theory; he will apply to vowels the theory developed there, which was illustrated by application to consonant systems. Click here for a downloadable version of this paper in Word.

Professor Dresher will develop ideas that are illustrated in the following two papers:

"Contrast and Phonological Activity in the Nez Perce Vowel System," coauthored with Sara MacKenzie, and downloadable here (Pdf File), and

"Contrast and Phonological Activity in Manchu Vowel Systems," coauthored with Xi Zhang, and downloadable here (Pdf File).

The handout for Professor Dresher´s talk is now available. Please click here.

PROGRAM:

On Thursday, Professors Clements and Dresher will present their main themes for about 45 minutes each, followed by open discussion with the audience. A reception will follow the Thursday session. One of the Friday sessions will be devoted to Professor Clements' responses to Professor Dresher's ideas, and the other will be devoted to Professor Dresher's responses to Professor Clements' ideas. Both Friday sessions will include plenty of time for audience participation.

Organizer: Professor Charles Cairns; CUNY Faculty Participants: Professor Dianne Bradley and Professor Robert Vago

For further information, please email Chuck Cairns at ccairns@gc.cuny.edu, or telephone the Linguistics Program at CUNY: 212 817 8500.