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Anthropology
I. Which segments are
anterior: p dZ d k l h
sonorant: n w b r h u
continuant: f tS S ˇ h z
low: U Q a u e ´
Rounded: i y O o √ ø
II. For each group, eliminate the segment which does not belong. Explain your
answer. Example: pt f k ([f] is continuant; the other are stops)
n l z r { ¯ ¥ …
m g N b ∏ T x
i o u μ √ ç
i O y ø o ç
III. For each group add the segment which is missing. Explain your choice. Example:
p d g k b ([t]; now there are three pairs of voiced and voiceless souds)
g b m
p d m b n f t z s
e o u
IV. Which segment is NOT:
[- cons] a u l / ´
[- cont] d z / c n
[- cor] m p v g t
[- low] y g Q i √
[+ back] μ x √ j o
V. What feature differentiates the sounds in each of the following pairs?
μ √
i j
D z
h /
t tS
v B
VI. For each segment, if you change the value of the feature indicated, what new
segment will be derived? Example: i [high] (Ans. [e])
j [syllabic]
l [lateral]
o [high]
e [back]
s [strident]
VII. Restate the following rules in formal notation
Voiced stops become the corresponding fricatives intervocalically.
A voiced consonant becomes nasal after a nasal stop.
VIII. State in plain English what the following rules do:
[V, +high] Æ [- syll] / ____ V
[V, -stress] Æ Ø / ___ C 0 (VC 0 )#
XI. Czeck In the following problem, consider the final consonants of the prepositions. Account for the variations of these final consonants (linear rule + Feature Geometry). What phonological process is illustrated here?
- pod oknem ‘under the window’ 6. z ohnJe ‘with the fire’
2.pod Zidli˘ ‘under the chair’ 7. v oblastJI ‘in the region’
- pot strexow ‘under the roof’ 8. s tebow ‘with you’
- f pekle ‘in Hell’ 9. v dolex ‘in the mines’
- z delegatsi˘ ‘with the delegation’ 10. od ottse ‘from the father’
