LING321: Exam 1

Question 1

Three goals of phonology

Answer 1

1- descriptive adequacy
2- theoretical elegance
3- cognitive plausibility

Question 2

Autosegmental phonology: the feature tree

Answer 2

Segments are made up by a mother node ‘root’ (composed of [cons] and [son] specifications), which groups together a feature tree of laryngeal, place and manner features

Question 3

Assumption of autosegmental phonology

Answer 3

Processes are only expressed as SPREADING of a leaf or branch of the feature tree
Or
DELINKING = chopping off some node of the tree

Question 4

The three processes of SPREADING

Answer 4

1- assimilation
2- vowel harmony
3- CV assimilation

Question 5

Three types of DELINKING

Answer 5

1- dissimulation
2- neutralizations
3- debuccalization

Question 6

Debuccalization

Answer 6

Delinking of the place mode

Question 7

Complex place segments

Answer 7

A segment that has more than one articulator under the Place node
‘Double articulation’ in languages like Ewe ex: [gb], [kp]

Question 8

Manner-contour segments

Answer 8

A segment that has a sequence of two differently valued manner features
Ex: -cont and +cont for affricates

Question 9

Secondary articulations

Answer 9

A consonant that has two Place specifications, one for the place of the manner of articulation and another for a simultaneous vowel articulation