LINA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Free Variation, Voiceless Alveolar Fricative, Complementary Distribution
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If a set of sounds shares one or more feature, they form a natural class. Sets of sounds that are similar often pattern together in a language. Rules of languages often apply to natural classes of sounds. Sounds that share features in the same row (manner) or column (place) or voicing. Certain natural classes of sounds are affected by processes that change their pronunciation in the presence of other natural classes of sounds. [i,l,e,ae] are all fro(cid:374)t u(cid:374)rou(cid:374)ded (cid:448)o(cid:449)els: noncontinuants = stops (oral and nasal) Obstruction of airflow in the oral cavity. Continuous stream of airflow out of the mouth. Tongue blade raised toward the alveolar ridge or the hard palate. Phonetics: the study of the physical properties of speech sounds. Phonology: the study of the mental representation of speech sounds. The mental rules that govern their distribution. How words are stored in the mental lexicon.
