Reverse IPA
[pɛn.səl]
What is "pencil"?
"grab"
What is [græb]?
[a, e, j, i, w, o]
What is [-consonantal]?
*g -> k / _#
What is word-final devoicing?
Linguists often consider dialects of the same language to have this, but they don't always.
What is "mutual intelligibility"?
[klæs.rum]
What is "classroom"?
"stream"
What is [s t/tʃ rim]?
[s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ]
what is [+sibilant]?
*0 -> i / C_C
What is epenthetic vowel insertion between consonants?
The dialect of a language considered the most prestigious?
What is the "standard" dialect/language?
[kəm.pju.ɾər]
What is "computer"?
"sugar"
What is [ʃʊgər]?
[r, l, m, w, n, u]
What is [+sonorant]?
*b -> v / V_V
What is lenition between vowels?
The theory that babies are equipped with blueprint for language acquisition that is activated with input.
What is the theory of "Universal Grammar"?
[bʌ.ɾər.flaɪ]
What is "butterfly"?
"house"
What is [haʊs]?
[b, k, d, t, dʒ]
What is [-continuant]?
/n/ -> [+place] / _ [-nasal, +place]
What is homorganic nasal (place) assimilation?
The idea that the ability to acquire language is only present during a certain developmental time period, and external triggers to development must happen THEN.
What is the "Critical Period Hypothesis" for language development?
[ʌn.kan.stɪ.tu.ʃə.nəl]
What is "unconstitutional"?
"phonetics"
What is [fənɛtɪks]?
[θ, t, n, z, ʒ, tʃ, r]
What is [+coronal]?
*s -> ʃ / _ [-back, +high]
What is palatalization before high front vowels?
The argument that our grammars contain many rules & structures that are not necessarily present in our input.
What is the "poverty of the stimulus" argument?