Linguistics 1028A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Polysynthetic Language, Railways Act 1921, Markedness

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

Document Summary

Ling 1028: exam review : natural class (phonetic features, define natural class, major class features, manner features, features we use to describe how airflow is affected. Stop = [- cont: fricative = [+ cont, place features, where a sound is produced, place of articulation (ex. vs. k, laryngeal features, voicing (ex. vs. k, phonemes. Sounds: distinctive units of speech, can distinguish between meanings in words. If you don"t know the most common, start in the middle then have lots of room to move back & forward in the mouth. April 3: when you find something in a language & implies that something else will likely be found as well, ex. nasal consonants seen implies that there will be oral consonants as well. Salient features (they stand out: more complicated, more marked, less likely, ex. nasal consonants, phonological (absolute universals & universal tendencies, vowel systems, consonant systems. Syllable structure: language universals (different types, morphological (isolating, agglutinating, fusional, polysynthetic, chapter 14.