Exam 1 Part 8 (Constraints) Flashcards
1
Q
ONSET
A
Syllables begin with a consonant
2
Q
PEAK
A
Syllables have one vowel
3
Q
NOCODA
A
Syllables end in a vowel
4
Q
*COMPLEX
A
Syllables at most have one consonant at the edge
5
Q
FRICATIVES
A
No fricatives
6
Q
LIQUIDS
A
No liquids
7
Q
MAX
A
No deletion
8
Q
DEP
A
No insertion
9
Q
IDENT-FEATURE
A
Don’t change features
10
Q
Limit which phonemes are permitted in a language (e.g., postalveolar click [!] ispermitted in Xhosa but not English)
A
Inventory constraints
11
Q
Limit where phonemes are permitted in words
A
Positional (distributional) constraints
12
Q
Limit how phonemes combine to form syllables and words in terms of number of phonemes permitted in a syllable and how they combine to form the syllable
A
Sequential (combinational) constraints
