Practical tasks:

1. Restaurant - elision, historical

2. lamb - elision, historical

3. old boy- assimilation, regressive, p.

4. stature - assimilation, regressive, p.

5. pegs - assimilation, regressive

6. believe - elision, historical

7. Gnat- elision, historical

8. good-bye- assimilation, regressive, p.

9. did you- assimilation, regressive , p.

10. I can see her - elision, historical

11. thought- elision, historical

12. right - elision, historical

13. glad to see-elision, contemprary

14. graduate - assimilation, regressive

15. said that - elision, contemprorary

16. car owner - linking R

17. congratulate - assimilation, regressive, p.

18. territory - elision, historical

19. sun blind - assimilation, regressive, p.

20. For questions - elision, historical

21. all right-elision, historical

22. mashed potato-assimilation, regressive, p.

24. bird call - elision, historical

25. Would you mind moving?-assimilation, regressive, p.

26. territory- elision, historical

25. fast motion-elision, historical

26. this shop-assimilation, regressive, complete

27. west side-elision, historical

28. christmas - elision, historical

29. at peace - assimilation, regressive, p.

30. Lee - accomodation, unrounded

3.What minimal distinctive feature (or features) makes these oppositions phonologically relevant?

leak – league –(k) , (g) – voiceless/voiced

share-chair –(s),(ts) – fricatives/affricates

mass – mash (s), (ʃ)- fricatives/affricates

bad- bat (d), (t) – voiced/ voiceless

caught – bought -(k),(b) - labial, lingual

back – bag -(k) , (g) – voiceless/voiced

cat – cut (ʌ), (æ)-central/front

sigh- high (s), (h)- lingual, glotal

sit-set – (i), ( e) - short

pan-tan – ( p), ( t)- labial, lingual

why-lie – ( w) . (l) –medial, lateral