LINGUIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nasal Consonant, Pitch Contour, Vowel Length

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 1A03
• Professor: Catherine Anderson

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Syllable: peak of sonority surrounded by less sonorous sounds. Affricates cannot be nucleus of the syllable. Most to least sonorous: vowels, nasals and liquids, glides, fricatives, flaps, stops. Coda ex: mistake [m stejk] disyllabic onset: m nucleus: onset: st nucleus: ej coda: k. Tone differences signal a contrast in meaning. *** just be aware of the job that tone does*** Register tone: contrast in high medium and low. Signal discourse information ex: easy versus eeeeeeasy. Can change the meaning of the word. Assimilation think > anticipatory (regressive) crown > perseveratory (progressive) Lag or brief delay before voicing of a following vowel. Aspiration: lag onset by release of air Sounds that have both aspirated and un-aspirated varieties are all voiceless stops. Other languages. voiceless fricatives and affricates may also be aspirated or un-aspirated. P^h (pat) , t^h (tub) , k^h (cope) Pg 29 and 30 gure 2. 6, 2. 7, 2. 8. Common not to release word- nal stops at all.