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.

b.

c.

[  ] and [  ] [  ] and [  ] [  ] and [  ] /  / and /  / are phonemes

Question #1 (i) and (ii), p.125

i) iglumut & iglumit  /u/ & /i/ ukiaq & ukiuq  /a/ & /u/ aiviq & aivuq  /i/ & /u/ aniguvit & anigavit  (redundant) /u/ & /a/ (redundant) aglu & iglu  /a/ & /i/ pinna & panna ani & ini   /a/ & /i/ /i/ & /a/ (redundant) (redundant)

Question #1 (i) and (ii), p.125

ii) Refer to the latest IPA Vowel Chart

i u a

Assignment 1.

2.

3.

Refer to the data on p.125, #1 (iii) Are [i] and [  ] allophones or phonemes?

Are [u] and [  ] allophones or phonemes?

Above the segment: Syllables (p.83) Internal structure of the syllable ‘sprint’

σ

Onset (O) Rhyme (R)

s

Nucleus (N) Coda (C)

p r i n

The syllable structure is CCCVCC

t

Exercise: Draw and determine the structure of the following words

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Stops Fox All Ooze Jumped 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

CCVCC CVCC VC VC CVCCC

Phonotactics (pp.84-85)

 

The set of constraints on how sequences of segments pattern.

Possible initial three-consonant clusters in English s p t k (l) r (w) j

That’s All For Today

See You Next Week Deny A. Kwary www.kwary.net