Linguistics 2248A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Nasalization, Anatomical Terms Of Motion, Vocal Folds
14 Apr 2018
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Representation: an abstract formal object that characterizes the essential properties of a mental entity. Mental representations: formal mental objects depicting the structure of things we know or do. A tree diagram is a representation of the structure of phrases: Two distinct representations are derived from the same phonetic string. Feature matrix: a formal notation in which features are placed in vertical columns enclosed by square brackets. The columns of representation are sets of features that define /m/, / /, and /p/ Example: all vowels are realized as nasalized when they precede nasals and appear as oral in other contexts. Seek out a feature matrix that includes [+syllabic] directly followed by a feature matrix that includes [+nasal]. Modify the output so that the first of these two matrices will have the value. Features or segments not changed by a rule are assumed to remain the same.
