LINA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Canadian Raising, Vocal Tract, Complementary Distribution
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Canadian raising: when a vowel is raised from low to mid/high in the vocal tract. For example, in the word flight" can differ when pronounced by canadians. The phonemic representation (mental lexicon) of it is /flajt/. The phonetic representation (pronunciation) of it is [fl jt]. The environments of both vowels must be looked at in a set of words. The vowels are in complementary distribution and are allophones of the same phoneme. The generalization that follows is: [ j] occurs before voiceless consonants; [aj] occurs elsewhere. The rule is: /aj/ [ j] / ___ voiceless consonants. Different languages have different syllable systems due to various rules. The first pronunciation is in english, and the second in japanese. Nucleus: is the center of a syllable. It is usually a vowel since they are the most sonorous. However, in some cases, liquid or nasal consonants might have to become the nucleus. Onset: consonants that come before the nucleus.
