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obeying the law
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- 1levels of representationunderlying representation - string of morphemes we store in our minds. the store of URs in our minds is our mental lexicon
surface form- the form of the word that we send as instructions to our articulators. we make alterations to the UR before sending these articulatory instructions. - 2rulessystematic changes to phenomena when they appear in a specific environment
- 3environment=phonetic context
1. sound before or after
2. at the start or end of a word
3. in the syllable onset, nucleus or coda
e.g. syllable-initially, voiceless plosives are aspirated in English - 4writing rules/p/-[ph]/ σ[ __
- 5formalising the rule/p t k/- [ph th kh] / σ[ __
- 6ruleslanguage-specific
productive- apply to new forms
untaught- children learn them intuitively
unconscious knowledge
linguists infer them from observation - 7Allophonic rulesone underlying phoneme but different surface forms e.g. clear and dark l
- 8neutralisation rulesmultiple underlying phonemes with one surface form in a specific environment. e.g. the realization of phonemes as a shwa when in an unstressed syllable
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- degree sounds of english Flashcards on obeying the law, created by Truely Costen on 09/01/2018.
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- Truely Costen · Jan 2018
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