Chapter 7

Question 1

The parametric study of crosslinguistic variation in grammatical structure

Answer 1

Typology

Question 2

The idea that not all segments or sets of segments or rules have equal status in phonological systems

Answer 2

Markedness

Question 3

The relation where presence of one property in a language is a necessary precondition for the presence of some other property

Answer 3

Implicational Relation

Question 4

Phonological process where two segments become more alike by having one segment take on values for one or more features from a neighboring segment

Answer 4

Assimilation

Question 5

A theoretial segment which is only partially specified for phonetic properties, omitting some properties such as voicing or nasality which may be determined by the rule

Answer 5

Archiphoneme

Question 6

Assimilation of vowels which applies only across laryngeal consonants

Answer 6

Translaryngeal Harmony

Question 7

The change of a noncoronal sound to a coronal sound usually in the environment of a front vowel or glide

Answer 7

Coronalization