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11 Feb 2023

Restate the following rules in regular English (or at least, English as spoken by phonologists). Try to use general phonetic descriptions as much as possible. You can suppose English segments and features. (Note: [ σ stands for the beginning of a syllable, and ]σ  stands for the end of a syllable.)

(1).   C→[ +nasal ] / [+syllabic, +nasal ]____

(2).   [ +lateral ] → [ −lateral ] / [ σ [+cont]____

(3). [ V, +high] → [ −high] / ____ [ C, −high, −back ]

(4) Ø → [ɹ] / V#____ V

(5) [ Dorsal, +back] → [ −back] / [ +anterior]____

(6) V→[αtense] / ____ C0[αtense]

(7) C → Ø / CC____