LINGUIST 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Voicelessness, Allomorph, Morpheme
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You should be able to characterize--accurately--certain groups of sounds without looking at the consonant and vowel charts. Example: know what is voiced and what is voiceless . You should be able to analyze a data set: Given information about affixes, you should be able to determine the hierarchical structure of words (word trees) . Know the basics of the vowel and consonant charts. Rules that account for alterations among allomorphs (variant forms of a morpheme) are called morphophonemic rules. Plural morphemes: shows a three-way variation in its allomorphs. [z]: cobs, lids, doves, laths, pins, bums, wings, [s] is used with voiceless consonant sounds. [z] is used with voiced consonant sounds and vowel sounds. Not morpheme: the not morpheme has three allomorphs. Example: [ n ] [ m ] [ ] Data set 1 [ n ] Data set 2 [ m ] Data set 3 [ ]
