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Phonology: Basic concepts Raung-fu Chung rfchung@mail.nsysu.edu.tw
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Rule format: a. A B / C____ b. A B / _____C c. A B / C____D d. A B / #____ e. A B / ____ #
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Autosegmental phonology: General backgrounds) toneSyllable type glossary a.High tonemba@river b.Low tonemba$hut c.High low tone mba^rice d.Low high lowmba$@companion
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mba …… (segmental tier) …… (association line) H L …... (tonal tier)
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monosyllable bisyllable HL a. mba ‘rice’ b. nika ‘cow’ H L H L LHL c. mba ‘’ d. nyaha ‘cat’ L H L L H L
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Application of AP: a. [V] [ + N]/____ [ + N] b. V C [ + N] Cat [k t] Can [k )n]
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Examine the Lomongo data: The prefix for 2nd sg is:[o@] , but when it precedes a vowel initial stem, it becomes a glide [w] , the tone surviving. Kisseberth and Kenstowicz 1976:135) : Ur 1st sg snd sg. glossary a.sa ga n sa ga o sa ga ‘say’ b.kamba kamba o kamba ‘work’ c.e na n je na we na ‘see’ d.i sa n ji sa wi sa ‘hide’ e.ime ja n jimeja wi meja ‘agree’ f.ina n jina wi na ‘hate’
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H / H ____(High tone gets deleted after another H.) H a. UR ena b. [o@] H H o ena c. Mushen’s rule H H ( H ) o ena
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H H o ena d. [o] [w]/ __V H w ena = we na
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Obligatory Contour Principle , OCP) : a. H * b. H H X X X X c. t *d. t t X X X X
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a. H *b. H H X X X X ime ja Subject to OCP, only the representation in (a) is allowed.
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(40) a. b. H H X X X X o i me ja o i me ja=wi@meja Violating OCP
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Zimbawe: P is of high tone ne in UR. Now examine the following data and provide your account for the tonal variation (Odden1995) UR P+ UR a.mbwa dog ne -mbwa and dog b.ho ve fish ne -hove and fish c.mbu ndu dzi worm ne -mbundudzi and worm d.ha ka ta bone ne -hakata and bone e.be nzi bvunza fool ne -benzibvuza@ and fool
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Beijing Mandarin: r-retroflexation (a) Why nasality remains after the segment is deleted? (b)How to account for occurrence of nasalized vowel ? a.hua + r → hu a r ( 黃兒 ) b.pa + r → pa r ( 蚌兒 ) c.t ia + r → t i a r ( 江兒 )
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Guarani @ ( (Trigo 1993:375-376) : A.a. ata) a)ta) a lot b. tupa) tu)pa) god c. aya) a)ya) devil d. pora) po)ra) pretty e. a B a) a)ma) rain f. aDa) a)na) won ’t B. A. /a)ra /a)ra) now b. B a)va ma)va) who c. B e)Da me)na) husbanc Question : How can the nasality be accounted for?
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Vata: In this language, there are two pairs of vowels, generally distinguished by [ + / - ATR] (ATR=Advanced Tongue Root )( Kaye 1982:388) : ﹝+ ATR ﹞ ﹝- ATR ﹞ i u e o a Now examine the following tat : UR Ins gloss UR non-ins gloss a.kl kl l grab pi pile prepare b.N n N n l sleep bi bile go c.bl b bl l sing su sule meet Questions : a. What is the UR of the suffix? b. How can this be accounted for ?
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