PHONOLOGY

							     PHONOLOGY
The Function and Patterning of Sounds



                            Deny A. Kwary
                            www.kwary.net
What phonologists do (p.68)

   Making explicit statements about the
    sound patterns of individual languages in
    order to discover something about
    linguistic knowledge that people must
    have in order to use these patterns.
   Discovering the general principles that
    underlie the patterning of sounds in
    human language.
Minimal Pairs (pp.70–71)
   A minimal pair consists of two forms with
    distinct meanings that differ by only one
    segment found in the same position in each
    form.

   Which one(s) of these pairs are minimal pairs?
    a. [] and []
    b. [] and []
    c. [] and []    // and // are phonemes
Question #1 (i) and (ii), p.125
 i) iglumut & iglumit  /u/ & /i/
    ukiaq & ukiuq  /a/ & /u/
    aiviq & aivuq  /i/ & /u/ (redundant)
    aniguvit & anigavit  /u/ & /a/ (redundant)
    aglu & iglu  /a/ & /i/
    pinna & panna  /i/ & /a/ (redundant)
    ani & ini  /a/ & /i/ (redundant)
Question #1 (i) and (ii), p.125
ii) Refer to the latest IPA Vowel Chart

       i                                  u




                  a
Assignment

1. Refer to the data on p.125, #1 (iii)
2. Are [i] and [] allophones or phonemes?
3. Are [u] and [] allophones or phonemes?
Above the segment: Syllables (p.83)
  Internal structure of the syllable
    ‘sprint’
                     σ

      Onset (O)              Rhyme (R)


                     Nucleus (N)    Coda (C)



  s    p    r            i         n       t

        The syllable structure is CCCVCC
Exercise: Draw and determine the structure of
the following words

1. Stops              1. CCVCC
2. Fox                2. CVCC
3. All                3. VC
4. Ooze               4. VC
5. Jumped             5. CVCCC
Phonotactics (pp.84-85)

  The set of constraints on how
   sequences of segments pattern.
  Possible initial three-consonant
   clusters in English

               (l)
         p
               r
     s   t
               (w)
         k
               j
That’s All For Today
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                       Deny A. Kwary
                       www.kwary.net