Generative Phonology. Description and Theory by Michael Kenstowicz, Charles Kisseberth

By Michael Kenstowicz, Charles Kisseberth

This quantity explains the generative method of phonological research and idea via a rigorous exam of knowledge from a various pattern of languages. it's going to supply scholars the theoretical historical past essential to learn the phonological literature significantly, and the analytical instruments required for describing phonological constitution

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14) vowel -I unstressed J [voiceless] / consonant voiceless consonant voiceless This solution derives strong independent support from the fact that, to our knowledge, there is no language in which it has been proved necessary to postulate underlying voiceless vowels. In all those languages which have voiceless vowels phonetically, it is possible to derive them from underlying voiced vowels by phonological rule. Recall that there is an additional regularity in the Chatino data: Stress falls predictably on the final vowel of the word.

The glottal stop ? is shown as being unaspirated in all contexts; this may be incorrect, but our source, Elson (1947), is not perfectly explicit on the matter. pet hkuy petta:ph kek hpa,? kekgak hpa,? nik hpa '? tyu:kï> sis ho s ca:m 'broom' 'it is being swept' 'it flies' 'it flies again' 'he goes' 'turtle' 'cow' 'hole' 'very' hu:t>h ikapun ti:ttith niph ikka> makhti'? ppa7 pet hpa ? wityhpa'? 'where' 'his barrow' 'mestizo' 'mouth' 'he killed it' 'ghost' 'it rolls' 'he sweeps' 'he walks' Exercises kuy toc mokh 'wood' 'tongue' 'corn' icic micpa pikhsi9 43 'he jerked if 'he is playing 'bow' 9 3.

Nik hpa '? tyu:kï> sis ho s ca:m 'broom' 'it is being swept' 'it flies' 'it flies again' 'he goes' 'turtle' 'cow' 'hole' 'very' hu:t>h ikapun ti:ttith niph ikka> makhti'? ppa7 pet hpa ? wityhpa'? 'where' 'his barrow' 'mestizo' 'mouth' 'he killed it' 'ghost' 'it rolls' 'he sweeps' 'he walks' Exercises kuy toc mokh 'wood' 'tongue' 'corn' icic micpa pikhsi9 43 'he jerked if 'he is playing 'bow' 9 3. Greenlandic Eskimo (Schultz-Lorentzen 1945). There are five phonetic vowels but only three underlying vowels.

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