Phonology Flow Charts and Minimal Pairs

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Which one of these is the characteristic of sounds in complementary distribution?

They have contrastive distribution

They are allophones of different phonemes

They appear in highly varied environments (correct)

They have minimal pairs

What should you do if you do not find a minimal pair for the sounds you are looking at?

Look for evidence of a natural class

Carefully list all of the environments for both sounds (correct)

Write a rule

Eyeball it

What should you look for when writing a rule based on the list of environments?

Word initial or word final characteristics

Evidence of a natural class (correct)

Distinctive allophones

Minimal pairs

Which sound corresponds to the base form of the phoneme in a rule with complementary distribution?

The sound that appears in highly varied environments Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of sounds in contrastive distribution?

They are allophones of different phonemes Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of incorporating natural classes into rules?

To affect an entire group of sounds Signup and view all the answers

What is the feature that separates sounds in minimal pairs?

Distinctive allophones of different phonemes Signup and view all the answers

What is the feature that separates sounds in complementary distribution?

Allophones of the same phoneme Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about incorporating natural class into rulewriting?

Shared features can be used to determine natural class. Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of looking at a group of sounds in Phonetics?

To determine shared features. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following groups of sounds have shared features?

[k], [g], [ŋ] Signup and view all the answers

What can we conclude about random groups of sounds?

They never pattern together. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about rule targets?

Rules can target any group of sounds. Signup and view all the answers

What is the relevance of natural class in rulewriting?

Natural class helps determine shared features. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following groups of sounds do not have shared features?

[p], [z], [h] Signup and view all the answers

What can we say about rules that target [p], [z], [h]?

They never exist. Signup and view all the answers

Phonology Flow Charts and Minimal Pairs

Podcast Beta

Questions and Answers