at the phonologyfest, john mccarthy gave a course on his candidate chains theory. this photograph documents the precise moment (22.june.2006 09:36:35) at which he scolded us for not paying enough attention in recent years to the successes of derivational phonology. if you think i'm kidding, check out his new book from equinox.

marc and tracy spent their phonologyfest days teaching (on dutch and german) and the evenings trying to figure out what mccarthy meant by "exactly one change".

christian did not come to phonologyfest, but instead sat on a train, thinking of aretha franklin.

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here's me with morris halle in july of 2005 at the mit chomsky love-fest. (photo credit: peter) morris is the guy who hired chomsky, and is the founder of generative phonology as a field. we had a great week together in tromsø a few years ago, and hung out a bit this summer. he's not exactly keen on ot, but he's always provocative and encouraging and worth listening to.