Phonological Processes and Alternations - Introduction to Phonetics - Lecture Notes, Study notes of Literature and Development

Download Phonological Processes and Alternations - Introduction to Phonetics - Lecture Notes and more Study notes Literature and Development in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Phonological processes and alternations: I. Greek letter variables A. Regressive devoicing (French) “absent” “abstrait” “médecin” /absant/ /abstrEt/ /mEd´sEn/ [apsA)] [apstrE] [metsE‚] Underlying form: /absant/ /abstrEt/ /mEdsEn/ Rule1: [+cons, - son] [-voi] / ___ $ [+cons, -son, -voi] (Rule2etc:) … Phonetic form: [apsA)] [apstrE] [metsE‚] B. Regressive voicing (French): “anecdote” “svelte” /anEkdçt´/ /svElt´/ [anEgdçt] [zvElt] Underlying form: /anEkdçt´/ /svElt´/ Rule: [+cons, -son] [+voi] / ___$[+cons, -son, +voi] Rule 2, etc: … Phonetic form: [anEgdçt] [zvElt] docsity.com 2 In what way are these rules similar? What differentiates them? Could they be combined in one rule? Generalization: Reformulate the two rules in one: An obstruent at the end of a syllable assimilates in voicing to the following obstruent [+cons, -son] [α voi] / ___ $ [+cons, -son, α voi] Exercise: State the rule for the following assimilations: i[N]comprehensible i[m]precise i[n]tractable A nasal consonant of the prefix “iN-“ assimilates to place of articulation of the following consonant Note: place of articulation corresponds to two binary features [+/- cor] and [+/- ant]. docsity.com