ATS1338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sibilant, English Plurals, Minimal Pair
9 Aug 2018
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Check the data for minimal pair - if yes, then the phones in question represent separate phonemes in that language. If no, then check where the sounds occur. The following minimal pairs establish that [n] and [ ] are separate phonemes. Example 2 - nupe: [sule, [so, [s ] shilling hide cut. We need to look at environments (what precedes and what follows) [ ] appears in a more restricted environment (before high front vowels) [s] is the elsewhere case and therefore we should represent the phoneme with this symbol. So these two phones are allophones of a single phoneme. Data: [bu:x, [bax, [ho:x, [n x] book brook high still, [m , [zi: , [p ] me sickly pitch. [x] and [ ] (they differ slightly in place of articulation) We need to look at the environments. These two phones are allophones of a single phoneme. [x] occurs word finally after [u, a, o, ]
