Phonetics
Which of the following sounds does NOT fit with the 3 others:[i], [ɨ], [ɯ], and [u]
Unrounded: [i], [ɨ], and [ɯ]
Rounded: [u]
Answer like Jeopardy:
A single sound that belongs to a bigger group of sounds
An imaginary language has the following words:
plim 'book' plin 'green' amag 'both'
anag 'trash' fmil 'iron' fnid 'mosquito'
What distribution are the allophones [n] and [m] in?
[n] and [m] are in contrastive distribution
Answer like Jeopardy:
A category of lexical items (words) that is NOT easily added to
Open Lexical Category
An imaginary language has the following words:
quan 'mushroom' klem 'slide' canf 'rental property'
quants 'mushrooms' klemts 'slides'
canfits 'rental properties'
What are the 3 roots in the data?
Roots in Language X:
quan 'mushroom'
klem 'slide'
canf 'rental property'
Write a realistic transcription for the word 'fungus'
My answer: [fʌngəs]
Answer like Jeopardy:
A group of sounds that can typically be used in similar, but not exactly the same environments
Phoneme
An imaginary language has the following words:
plim 'book' plik 'green' anag 'both'
anam 'trash' fnim 'iron' fnid 'mosquito'
Your 2 allophones are [n] and [m]. What distribution are the allophones in?
[n] and [m] are in complementary distribution
Answer like Jeopardy:
A lexical item that references some person, place, thing, idea, action, feeling, or other lexical meaning
Content Word
An imaginary language has the following words:
quan 'mushroom' klem 'slide' canf 'rental property'
quants 'mushrooms' klemts 'slides'
canfits 'rental properties'
What is/are the affix(es) in the data? What does it mean?
-(i)ts PL
Which of the following sounds does NOT fit with the 3 others: [ɸ], [f], [θ], and [ð]
Voiceless: [ɸ], [f], and [θ]
Voiced: [ð]
Jared has solved a phonology problem and come to the conclusion that there are no minimal pairs in the data. He recognizes that one allophone can only occur between vowels, while the other allophones occurs elsewhere. What kind of distribution should Jared say the allophones are in?
Complementary distribution
An imaginary language has the following words:
plim 'book' plik 'green' anag 'both'
anam 'trash' fnim 'iron' fnid 'mosquito'
Which allophone is restricted? What is the phoneme label?
[m] is the restricted allophone, meaning /n/ is the phoneme label
Answer like Jeopardy:
A morpheme that cannot stand alone
Bound Morpheme
An imaginary language has the following words:
quan 'mushroom' klem 'slide' canf 'rental property'
quants 'mushrooms' klemts 'slides'
canfits 'rental properties'
Is there allomorphy in Language X? If so, what is the phonetic environment that determines the allomorph?
Yes, there is allomorphy. -ts is used after nasals. -its is used elsewhere (at least based solely on this data)
Write a realistic transcription for the word 'barnacle'
My answer: [baɹnɪkəl]
Describe the rule in prose:
/t/ --> [tʰ] / # ___
My answer: [t] is realized as [tʰ] when it occurs word-initially
An imaginary language has the following words:
plim 'book' plik 'green' anag 'both'
anam 'trash' fnim 'iron' fnid 'mosquito'
Write a rule for the restricted environment of [m]
/n/ --> [m] / ___ #
Answer like Jeopardy:
An affix that is inserted into a root
Infix
If traŋ means 'cookie', how would you say 'cookies'?
traŋ-ts
On the board, draw the syllable tree for the word [bælkəni]
See board for answer
Write a rule based on the prose:
[d] is realized as [ð] intervocallically
/d/ --> [ð] / V ___ V
An imaginary language has the following words:
plim 'book' plik 'green' anag 'both'
anam 'trash' fnim 'iron' fnid 'mosquito'
What distribution are the allophones [p] and [g] in?
Contrastive distribution
Answer like Jeopardy:
An affix that goes at both the beginning AND end of the root
Circumfix
canf 'rental property' canf-its 'rental properties'
bliv 'cat' bliv-its 'cats' druk 'dream'
druk-s 'dreams'
Given the new data, how many allomorphs are there and what phonetic environment determines each allomorph?
-ts after nasals, -its after fricatives, and -s elsewhere (according to this data)