Phonology and Features Flashcards
1
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Feature Types
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2
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Major Class Features
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3
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Manner Features
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4
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Laryngeal features
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[±voice]:
[±spread glottis]:all aspirated consonants
[±constricted glottis]:in english only glottal stop
5
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[CORONAL]
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6
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[DORSAL]
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[±high] [±low] [±reduced] [±tense] [±back]
7
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[LABIAL]
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[±round]
8
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Free Variation
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allophones of the same phoneme can occur in the same environment. (the different allophones carry no separate meaning other than contextual meaning)
9
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Minimal Pairs
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words that differ by one sound. This means that the sounds that are different belong to separate phonemes.
10
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Complementary Distrubution
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If two different sounds occur in mutually exclusive environments and DO NOT overlap, they are considered in complementary distribution. This means that they are allophones of the same phoneme
