LING 2P50 Lecture 6: 6
15 Jan 2016
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Ex. in sherbro (west africa, sierra leone) [kp]; bura (nigeria) Voiced: low amplitude noise heard (how?-hearing lower pitched there is closure and noise is passing through flesh which only lets. Obstruents - stops, fricatives, affricates resonance because through low pitched sounds) The fricatives [s, z, , ] have special name: sibilants. Loosely interpreted (means both labial, coronal or dorsal) Nasals obstructed in the oral cavity, but not in the nasal cavity. Theoretically, most fricatives can be turned into approximants just widen frication ceases. Includes liquids, rhotic sounds, glides, semi vowels the constriction until. Flaps: active articulator begins in one place and ends in another [ ] Trills: 3 types: only [r] and [ ] are common, [ ] is less common. Syllable: phonological unit containing one or more segments a nucleus. Parts of a syllable: nucleus, onset, coda, rhyme. Types of syllables: open (no coda) vs. closed (with coda); onsets) Don"t break up the nucleus light vs. heavy(2.
