Introduction to Linguistics: Phonology 2

Lecture 7. Prof. Futrell discusses phonological rules and phonemic analysis, with two worked examples.

[gabor]

Let's say, in Ganda you find an [r] after a back vowel. Can you conclude that that word is a loanword? What if there's no similar word in nearby languages? Or this kind of thing wouldn't happen because each phonetic environment has to have roughly equal probability (about as many [r] sounds after front vowels as after back vowels)?

[Neptoid]

What's the difference between phonological rules and phonotactical ones?

[ramzy-]

Hello. is the sound /æ/ changed to /eɪ/ before /ŋ/. as in bank /bæŋk/ or thanks /θæŋks/

[timetraveller]

I am a little confused on the difference between "Barry" and "Mary" both are 'ae'. Is Mary nasalized?

[amauchedorathyyobiasor]

What is taxonomic phonolgy and praguan Phonology

[khodorayach]

If two phones have no minimal pairs are they ALWAYS allophones of the same phoneme?