LINGUIST 1A03 Chapter Notes -Scottish Gaelic, Canadian Raising, Underlying Representation
27 Oct 2013
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Definition: system of every language that makes its own particular selection from the range of possible speech sounds and organizes them into contrasts and patterns. Phonological analysis takes place as segments (individual speech sounds) Segments grouped together into larger syllables, consisting of vowel along with consonants associated with it, such as in speaking (there are 2) Segments can be broken down into features corresponding to articulatory and acoustic categories such as voice or nasal. Ex: less obvious difference between n in one book (alveolar) and in one thing (interdental) Lengths of same vowels differ in words. Consists of two words with distinct meanings that differ by only one segment in same position. Ex: win and wing are minimal because they differ by just last segment in final position. Two sounds occur in non-overlapping, mutually exclusive environments. One segment occurs in an environment where the other segment never occurs.
