SimonWolf

LING203
8/27/15
StudyQuestions#3
1. JakobsonsaysthatThePrincipleofLeastEffortislogicaltoacertainextent
exceptforthefactthatduringthebabblingstageoflanguageacquisitionaninfant
cananddoesarticulatepracticallyeverypossiblephone,eventhosethatwouldbe
classifiedasmoreeffortful.Sotheprincipleperhapsapplies,butonlyduringthe
stageofphonologicallimitationafterbabbling.
2. Thefirstvowelaninfantaddstoitsphonemicinventoryismoreoftenthannota
lowvowelsomethingcloseto/a/andthefirstconsonantsaresomethingwitha
labialocclusiona/b/or/m/.

3.

Jakobsoncitesastratifiedstructureinherenttoallphonologicalsystemsthe
hierarchyofwhichisforthemostpartunchangingthroughouttheworlds
languages.Because,basedonthis,hebelievesthatthereisarelationshipof
irreversiblesolidaritythatexistsbetweentwophonologicalvaluesandthatthe
existenceofoneisinextricablefromandpresupposedbytheexistenceofthe
other.