LIGN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dissimilation, Phonotactics, Epenthesis
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Four common processes in phonology: assimilation, when sounds change to become more like one another, aka: peer pressure, ex. R deletions: the third rural bird juror murderer demurred, surprise /s p ajz/ is usually /s p ajz/, same with berserk , "purple" comes from "purpure, february goes from /f b u i/ to [f bju i] Insertion/epenthesis: when a sound pops up to prevent an awkward or undesirable combination. 3: aka: showing up on a friend"s bad date, ex. Elision in english: fifth, /f f s/ -> [f s, family, /f m li/ -> [f mli, comfortable, /k mf rt b l/ -> [k mft rb l] It tells you what the options" are when there are alternations. It will play a big role in your analysis. 4: so do other languages, and these come into play when we"re borrowing words, languages adapt words to fit their phonotactic constraints when borrowing.
