Robin Parrish Helped by Jeffrey Ngare HW6 PART 1 Problem 1.A 1) [o]

[+voice] [-consonantal] [+continuant] [+syllabic] [+sonorant] [+round] [+dorsal] [-high] [-low] [+back]

2) [] [+voice] [-syllabic] [+consonantal] [+continuant] [+coronal] [-anterior] [+distributed] [+strident] 3) [k] [-voice] [-syllabic] [-continuant] [-sonorant] [+consonantal] [+dorsal] [+high] [-low] Problem I.B 1) i, u, e, o [+voice] [-consontantal] [+continuant] [+sonorant] [+syllabic] [-low]

2) l, n [+voice] [+consonantal] [+continuant] [+syllabic] [+sonorant] 3) z, b, g, , d [+voice] [+consonantal] [-syllabic] [-sonorant] Problem 1.C 1) [+high] [i], [u] 2) [+dist] [-ant] [], [] 3) [+voice] {-cont] [p], [b], [d], [g] Problem 2 PART 2 i) [-syllabic], [-sonorant], [+consonantal] ii) p b t d k g #_a m_a l_a n_u u_i _a l_a _a a_a n_i a_e a_i n_a #_a n_i a_a _i i_a n_i a_# _a k_e #_e m_u #_e n_e r_u _a u_u #_e r_a #_i a_# _a #_a #_i #_u i_i a_u #_u a_i e_u #_u a_ i_u p_i i_ u_i l_i i_# u_i l_i #_a i_# #_e #_i #_u u_a iii) The phonemes are [p], [t], []. [k], and []. [b] is an allophone of /p/, [d] is an allophone of /t/, and [] is an allophone of //, [g] is an allophone of /k/, and [] and [] are both allophones of //.

iv) The rule which describes the change from the given phonemes to the given allophones (with the exception of ) is: phoneme -> allophone / nasal_V. The given phonemes become the given allophones in the environment of following nasal consonants and preceding vowels. v) /t/ -> [] / _front vowel /t/ becomes [] in the environment of preceding front vowels.