1. The Function and Patterning of Sounds
PHONOLOGY
The Function and Patterning of Sounds
Deny A. Kwary

2. What phonologists do (p.68)
Making explicit statements about the sound patterns of individual languages in order to discover something about linguistic knowledge that people must have in order to use these patterns.
Discovering the general principles that underlie the patterning of sounds in human language.

3. Minimal Pairs (pp.70–71)
A minimal pair consists of two forms with distinct meanings that differ by only one segment found in the same position in each form.
Which one(s) of these pairs are minimal pairs?
[] and []
[] and []
[] and []
// and // are phonemes

4. Question #1 (i) and (ii), p.125
i) iglumut & iglumit  /u/ & /i/
ukiaq & ukiuq  /a/ & /u/
aiviq & aivuq  /i/ & /u/
aniguvit & anigavit  /u/ & /a/
aglu & iglu  /a/ & /i/
pinna & panna  /i/ & /a/
ani & ini  /a/ & /i/
(redundant)
(redundant)
(redundant)
(redundant)

5. Question #1 (i) and (ii), p.125
ii) Refer to the latest IPA Vowel Chart i u a

6. Assignment Refer to the data on p.125, #1 (iii)
Are [i] and [] allophones or phonemes?
Are [u] and [] allophones or phonemes?

7. Above the segment: Syllables (p.83)
Internal structure of the syllable ‘sprint’ σ
Onset (O)
Rhyme (R)
Nucleus (N)
Coda (C) n t s p r i
The syllable structure is CCCVCC

8. Exercise: Draw and determine the structure of the following words
Stops
Fox
All
Ooze
Jumped
CCVCC
CVCC VC
CVCCC

9. Phonotactics (pp.84-85)
The set of constraints on how sequences of segments pattern.
Possible initial three-consonant clusters in English
(l) r
(w) j p t k s

10. That’s All For Today
See You Next Week
Deny A. Kwary