LING2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Eucalyptus Camaldulensis, Phonological Rule
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
LECTURE 14B
PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ALLOMORPHY 2
-Review: testing generality
•In developing a phonological analysis of segmental alternation
•Ex/ the /r/ ~ /ɻ / in the Arrernte example
-The phonological processes we propose in the competing analyses should be as general as
possible, in the sense that:
•The rule(s) should be as consistent as possible with all the known words in the language
-i.e. Not just a ‘special’ rule for one particular segmental alternation in just one morpheme
•There are two sides to generality we can check for
•For example, the rule in analysis 2 of the Arrernte alternation
-The effect of this rule is to change a sequence like /peɻ/ to /per/
-If it’s a general rule, it would apply to all words in the language
•So we ask, are there any words where the rule would result in the wrong form?
-Yes, many words including /apəɻ / ‘river red gum’.
-The rule can’t be general, otherwise this would be */apər/
•Generality also means we favour an analysis that explains a particular alternation in terms of the
general patterns of sounds that are permitted or preferred in the words of the language in general
-For example, the rule in analysis 1 of Arrernte alternation
•/r/ → /ɻ/ / /rə/ _
•The effect of this rule is to avoid the sequence /rər/
-So we ask, does the language in general avoid this sequence?
•So we look to see if there any words or individual morphemes in the language with the
sequence /rər/
•The sequence does not occur in other words in Arrernte
-Example: Mõõré
•Morphological analysis
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-Allomorphy in some noun root morphemes
•Summary of morphology
•Analysing morphology as segmental alternation
-Some root morphemes show allomorphy
-In each case, the two allomorphs look phonologically relatable, so we undertake a phonological
analysis
•Matching up the corresponding segments in each case:
-We can see the same pattern in each case, so we can make the working assumption that a single
process is responsible
-We therefore recognise a single segmental alternation: /m/ ~ /n/
•Competing analyses of /n/ ~ /m/
-Given the two-way alternation between /n/ and /m/, there are two obvious competing analyses:
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Document Summary
Review: testing generality: in developing a phonological analysis of segmental alternation, ex/ the /r/ ~ / / in the arrernte example. The effect of this rule is to change a sequence like /pe / to /per/ Yes, many words including /ap / river red gum". For example, the rule in analysis 1 of arrernte alternation. /r/ / / / /r / : the effect of this rule is to avoid the sequence /r r/ Allomorphy in some noun root morphemes: summary of morphology, analysing morphology as segmental alternation. In each case, the two allomorphs look phonologically relatable, so we undertake a phonological analysis: matching up the corresponding segments in each case: We can see the same pattern in each case, so we can make the working assumption that a single process is responsible. We therefore recognise a single segmental alternation: /m/ ~ /n: competing analyses of /n/ ~ /m/
