01:615:315 Lecture 3: 07434-Phonology-2016-09-16
16 Sep 2016
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We continued the phoneme handout from the past class and continued to review contrastive and complementary distribution. By 18 months you know what sounds are or are not part of your language. The sounds that cause meaning changes in words are the first thing we learn. These are called phonemes: the consonant phonemes of english depicts five rows of consonants. /p/ and /b/ are phonemes because they contrast. Pit and bit differ only in /p/ and /b/ but this difference causes them to mean two different things. Minimal pairs give us sounds that contrast- if they make meaning different, they are phonemes. From the first column in the chart to the last. Interdental: labial (bilabial and labiodentals have not been separated) From the first row in the chart to the last: stops, fricatives, nasals, liquids, glides, the consonant phonemes of rotokas (s. pacific)
