LING 201 M.

Oiry

Exam 2 review

Review Phonetics 1. Transcription IPA a. face [ fes] b. apple [pl] c. good [gd d. out [aut] e. half [hf] f. pot [pat] g. sit [st] h. cook [kk]

2. Do those words are from English or French? When it is an English word, write the transcription in English. Circle the French sounds that do not exist in English.
[k y r] [wegn] vegan [p ti] [wski] whisky [apa]

Phonology 3. Canadian English : Are the diphtongs [a] and [] allophones of one phoneme or phonemes?

- No minimal pairs. - Positions: [] appears inside [a] appears inside and the end. - Contexts (one position is common between [a] and [] so we are looking at what comes before and after). [] appears preceding [p, t, f, s] following [r] [a] appears preceding [b, d, v, z, m, n, l] following [r]

LING 201 M. Oiry

Exam 2 review

The sounds that follow each element are contrastive / different. So now we can draw a conclusion: [] appears in front of voiceless consonants and [a] appears in front of voiced consonants. Conclusion: They appear in different environments so they are allophones of one phoneme. [] appears in front of voiceless consonants. [a] appears everywhere else (wider distribution: before voiced consonants and at the end). So [a] is the basic phoneme. 4. Allophones of one phoneme or two different phonemes?

- No minimal pairs - Positions: appears inside

appears at the end [l] appears at the beginning and inside. - Contexts (one position is common between [l] and what comes before and after). appears preceding [e, u] following [p, k] [l] appears preceding [, a] following [g, b] so we are looking at

LING 201 M. Oiry

Exam 2 review

The sounds that follow each element are contrastive / different. So there we can draw a conclusion: voiced consonants. appears after voiceless consonants and [l] after

Conclusion: They appear in different environments, so they are allophones of one phoneme. appears after voiceless consonants. appears at the end [l] appears anywhere else [l] has the wider distribution so it is the basic phoneme.