LINA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nasalization, Phenology, Free Variation
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Lina01 lecture 5 (chapter 6): phonology the sound patterns of. To solve a phonology problem: look for minimal pairs. If you find one, the pair is in contrastive/overlapping distribution. This means they are two separate phonemes: if you can"t find one, look at the environment. If they occur in the same environment and there is no difference in the meaning, then they are in free variation. This means that they are allophones of the same phoneme: if the environment is not the same, check if it is in complementary distribution. If yes, then check if it is predictable by a rule. If it is, then they are allophones of the same phoneme. To be a minimal pair, three conditions have to be fulfilled: the phones have to have the same number of sounds, the pronunciation cannot be the same, different meanings. Near-minimal pairs: a pair that could be considered as a minimal pair except for small differences.
