LIN229H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: German Verbs, Garawa Language, Trochee
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Basis o the similarity of these trends: human mind (how the brain is wired, vocal tract shape. Are learned: humans recognize patterns and can reproduce them in new situations, some patterns are lexically defined, some are phonologically defined. How the mind stores and processes sounds and patterns. Evidence for how it works is indirect. Volu(cid:373)e, si(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g, does(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of a word i(cid:374) our (cid:373)i(cid:374)d: sometimes they can make a difference. High vowel matches /u/, mid vowel matches /o/ Uncover how the human mind works to process sound by observing patterns in language. Formulate theories and models which account for the patterns. Breton plurals pout poudew (cid:862)pot(cid:863) ko f ko vew (cid:862)(cid:271)ody(cid:863) No voied consonants at the end of a word. Hypothesis: voiced obstruents at the end of words are not desirable. Voicing is difficult to perceive without a following vowel. Vocal vibration fades as one gets to the end of a word.
