This study discusses the relationship between spirantization and phonological derivations in Sabzevari dialect, which is spoken in the Sabzevar area of Northeast Iran. This relationship is accounted for using Parallelism and Stratalism in Optimality Theory (OT) in order to determine which OT model can best address the phonological derivations found in spirantization in that dialect. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to illuminate whether Parallel OT is capable of the analysis of phonological derivations or alternatively whether Stratal OT can be used.
The first part of this course provides a general introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology. The second part of this course provides introduction to fundamentals of morphological and syntactic analysis, the structure of English morphology and English syntax (word formation, sentence, clause and phrase types and structures).