[SOLVED] Phonology Homework
LING 2PH3 Phonology Winter 2021Professor Sara PearsellPhonology Homework #1Due: February 15th, 2021 before 8:00pmHomework assignments can be completed in groups of two or individually. If completed in groups oftwo, both students must write their name and student number on the assignment and only one studentneeds to submit the assignment.Name(s): _______________________________Student #: ______________________________LING 2PH3 Phonology Winter 2021Professor Sara PearsellIn Massai, voiceless stops [p t k], voiced stops [b d g], and voiced fricatives [? d ?] areallophones. For example, [p], [b] and [?] are allophones of a single phoneme. As there are threevariants for a single set of phonemes, you will need to choose one of the three variants as the URand come up with two rules to derive the other two forms.1. Determine the contexts where the three sets of sounds occur.a. Rough workb. State the contexts in words. [You can use “elsewhere” here.]Voiceless stops occur _______________________________________________________Voiced stops occur_________________________________________________________Voiced fricatives occur ______________________________________________________LING 2PH3 Phonology Winter 2021Professor Sara Pearsellc. State the contexts using distinctive features. [You can use “elsewhere” here.]Voiceless stops occur _______________________________________________________Voiced stops occur _________________________________________________________Voiced fricatives occur ______________________________________________________2. Which of the three should be the UR? Justify your answer.3. Formalize tworules.Rule 1:Rule 2:4. Show derivations of representative example words.UR: ________________________________________________________________Rule 1:_____________________________________________________________Rule 2:_____________________________________________________________SR:________________________________________________________________LING 2PH3 Phonology Winter 2021Professor Sara Pearsell6. Using feature notations, write rules for expressing the following phonological processes andgive an example for each.a. A vowel becomes short when it occurs before a consonant word-finally, or beforea consonant cluster.b. Word-final consonants are deleted after an unstressed vowel.c. Alveolar non-sonorant consonants become palatalized before high front glide that isbefore a high back vowel.d. A vowel becomes nasalized whenever it immediately precedes a nasal stop.7. State in plain English what the following rules do and give an example for eachLING 2PH3 Phonology Winter 2021Professor Sara Pearselld. /d/ ? [ð] / [+vowel] ___e.g. [-son] ? [+voice] / _ # [+son]
