LIN229H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Complementary Distribution, Minimal Pair, Epenthesis
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Hamster = transitions from m to s thus the p in #2 = the p acts as a bridge (shares properties with m and s - voiceless & labial) = epenthesis. Sandwich = deletion + when n becomes an m, the process is assimilation because w has labial properties. It"s a mental capacity, thus it"s in our minds. There"s three abstract units of speech sound that are part of an inventory of sounds that are recognized as belonging to english. -> 1) is produced with air & 2) is abstract in our minds. [ae] = called a phone (this is the nasalized version of it) Allophones are the various realizations of the abstract unit. Phonology is the abstract system study of the sound systems of human language. -> when /p/ is at the beginning of the stress syllable, it"s aspirated.
