Linguistics 1028A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Obstruent, Oden, Deep Structure And Surface Structure

• School: Western University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: Linguistics 1028A/B
• Professor: Stephanie Kelly

Document Summary

1 sounds changes and causes a meaning change two words that differ by only one segment in the same position: e. g. When two sounds create a minimal pair they are separate phonemes: e. g. Note: minimal pairs are established on the basis of sounds not spelling. One pronunciation in one position/enviro, and another pronunciation in other position/enviro. When two sounds occur in non-overlapping, mutually exclusive environments. Occurring in mutually exclusive environments (ex. p aspirated vs. p unreleased in certain environments: see cla pg. Tries to explain systematic phonetic variation in language. Tries to understand principles that motivate sound patterns in language. Minimal pairs = 2 sounds in same environment but have a meaning change = phonemes. Allophones present a different sound as their phoneme. If there are, then the sounds are separate phonemes. If there are no minimal pairs, examine distribution of phones checking for complementary distribution. / p t k / aspirated voiceless stops in english.