LIN 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Phonotactics, Phonological Rule, Contrastive Distribution

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LIN 3010
• Professor: Wulff Steffi

Document Summary

Phonotactic constraints and foreign accents: phonotactic constraints: every language has restrictions on the kinds and sequences of sounds possible in different positions in words. We can formulate rules that describe these restrictions. Languages generally prefer syllables made up of a consonant and a vowel. In every language, certain sounds pattern together; they behave as variants of the same sound rather than like different sounds: aspirated and unaspirated stops do not entail meaning differences in english. Differ in only one sound: ex: cat, bat, free variation: two slightly different sounds do not carry meaning differences, yet are not predictable based on the phonetic environment. [(cid:373)] (cid:271)efore a la(cid:271)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)so(cid:374)a(cid:374)t [ ] (cid:271)efore a (cid:448)elar (cid:272)o(cid:374)so(cid:374)a(cid:374)t [(cid:374)] else(cid:449)here: phonological rule 2: alveolar stops take on the place of articulation of the following consonant. Multiple rule application: often, several rules are at work at once, 1. Schwa insertion: insert schwa between two sibilants: 2.