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1) the given sounds can occur in different positions in words, and even co-occur, and
since we are looking for pattern of behavior for all these pairs, this suggests that
looking at general distribution (word-finally, word-initially, before a vowel, after
a consonant, etc.) will not be helpful
2) therefore, we will look at neighboring sounds:
Following
sound
Preceding sound
p e, a, u #, t, ´, C
b a m, n, N
t p, c, u e, /, #
d i N
c i, e /, p, #
Ô e m
k … #
g N
ts e
tz n
tS #, h
dZ ¯
There is no pattern observable so far when considering the following sound: we find
consonants and vowels, both high and low, front and back after voiceless consonants and
their voiced counterparts, so there is no need to continue with the right context.
However, when looking at the preceding context, we find that voiced segments occur
only after nasal consonants, whatever may be their place of articulation. As far as the
voiceless are concerned, they appear after a word boundary, consonants and vowels (= in
more contexts), which lets us think that voiceless consonants are phonemes and voiced
are derived from them:
Voiceless stop or an affricate becomes voiced after a nasal consonant
Rule:
[-cont, -voi] Æ [+voi] / [+cons, +nas]____
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