LING 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Meze, Free Variation, Contrastive Distribution
17 Oct 2017
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Ling assignment #2 phonology: general distribution: the voiced vowels [a], [i], and [u] and the voiceless vowels [ ], [i ], and [u ] are in a complimentary distribution. It is set in a complimentary distribution because they do not occur in the same environment. [a], [i] and [u] since it can occur anywhere within the word. /a, i, u/ [ , i , u ]/ c____ [a, i, u]/ elsewhere: generalizations: [ ] follows vowels (a, e, o, u) while [b] doesn"t. Meanwhile, [ ] always follows a vowel, but [g] doesn"t. All the six phones are voiced, while [b], [d], and [g] are stops and their allophones are all fricatives that take place after vowels. /d/ [d]/ elsewhere: the sounds [e] and [a] are allophones from separate phonemes because they occur in the same environment. The rules for the ebira words don"t fit in the description for minimal pairs or free variation.
