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Phonology Practice

This document provides phonology practice exercises involving syllable structure, Quebec French, and Korean. For syllable structure, words are given and students must provide phonetic transcriptions and syllable structure breakdowns. For Quebec French, students must analyze whether [t] and [ts] are phonemes or allophones based on their distribution in words provided. For Korean, students must do the same analysis for [l] and [r] sounds based on words given and determine if they contrast or are allophones.

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Phonology Practice

This document provides phonology practice exercises involving syllable structure, Quebec French, and Korean. For syllable structure, words are given and students must provide phonetic transcriptions and syllable structure breakdowns. For Quebec French, students must analyze whether [t] and [ts] are phonemes or allophones based on their distribution in words provided. For Korean, students must do the same analysis for [l] and [r] sounds based on words given and determine if they contrast or are allophones.

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Phonology

Practice Exercises, part 3


Linguistics 201


1. Syllable Structure

For each of the following words, (i) give an appropriate broad phonetic
transcription and then (ii) show how the word is syllabified by clearly labeling the
segments in the onset, nucleus and coda of each syllable.
a. Election




b. Frisbee




c. Advertise




d. Demonstrate




e. Confusing

2. Quebec French

In the Quebec French data below, consider the distribution of [t] and [ts] (a voiceless
alveolar affricate). State their distribution and determine if they are allophones of
one phoneme or of separate phonemes. If you think they contrast, provide evidence
that they do. Otherwise, state the environment in which each allophone appears.

Note that Quebec French includes two vowels which are not found in English:

[y]
a high, front, tense, rounded vowel
[]
a high, front, lax, rounded vowel

(Also--the French /r/ is phonetically different from English /r/, but that fact is
irrelevant to the solution of this problem.)

[tu]
'all'
[telegram]
'telegram'
s
[abut i]
'ended'
[tr]
'very'
s
[tl]
'such'
[klt yr]
'culture'
[tab]
'stamp'
[mint]
'minute'
s
s
[t imd]
'timid'
[t y]
'you'
[tst]
'title'
[tsb]
'tube'




3. Korean

Consider the sounds [l] and [r] in the data from Korean below and then answer the
questions that follow. Note that Korean [l] and [r] are phonetically different from
their English counterparts, but this fact is irrelevant to the solution of this problem.

[mul]
'water'


[mal]

'horse'
[mulkama] 'place for water'

[malkama]
'place for horse'
[mure]
'at the water'

[mare]

'at the horse'
[pal]
'foot'


[pari]

'of the foot'
[sul]
'Seoul'


[rupi]

'ruby'
[ilkop]
'seven'


[ratio]

'radio'

Are [l] and [r] contrastive sounds, or are they allophones of the same phoneme? If
you think they contrast, provide evidence that they do. Otherwise, state the
environment in which each allophone appears.

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