LINA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Complementary Distribution, Phoneme
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What is phonology? of sounds in a language: phonology is the study of the abstract principles that underlie the patterning, what are the distinctive sounds in a language, what are the mental rules that govern their distribution, example, tom burton tried to steal a butter plate. / p / [ p ] & [ph: english, hindi: Phonological system: english: lexicon, /pat, /spat, these are phonemic representation, phonological rules: syllable, output, / p / becomes aspirated at the beginning of a word or stressed, [ph at , [spat, these are phonetic representation of the words pat and spat. Output: [ph l , [p l , phonetic representation. Both can appear before [_ : step 2: if yes, they are contrastive/overlapping distribution (both of them can appear at the same position, step 3: then they are two separate phonemes. It is called contrastive distribution since it creates a contrast in meaning by substituting one phone for the other.
