4.) Phonology (Eng Ling Tut)

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Phonetics vs. Phonology What does it deal with? Unit? Transcription? How?
Phonetics vs. Phonology what happens? in what is it interested meaning change?
Phoneme (abstract category)
Phones vs. Phonemes
Phonology •The study of abstract categories that organise the sound system of a language •Function and (mental) organisation of the sound inventory
Branches of phonology name & definition & example •Segmental phonology: Examines the function of individual sounds in a language (i.e. the segments) •Suprasegmental phonology: Examines the features of pronunciation that extend beyond one segment (example: intonation)
How do we define phonemes? What happens to the meaning when there's a change in phoneme? The smallest meaning-distinguishing units in a language (This does not mean that phonemes carry meaning themselves, but a change in phoneme causes a change in meaning)
Minimal pairs • Two words that differ in just one sound, and have a different meaning, e.g. bake /beɪk/ hat /hæt/ gate /geɪt/ cake /keɪk/ had /hæd/ goat /gəʊt/ All the contrasting sounds: phoneme inventory
Minimal pairs [bæt] .../b/ [kæt] .../k/ Because there is a change in meaning when we produce a different sound, they can be considered different phonemes
Phonemes vs. Phones What‘s the difference? (to sum up one more time for good measure!) Phonemes: Abstract category; change in meaning Phones: No change in meaning, but specific in terms of the actual sound that is produced
[ɹ] and [ɹ̥] [ɹ] is a voiced alveolar approximant eg. <rope> [ɹəʊp] [ɹ̥] is a voiceless alveolar approximant (comes after voiceless consonants, such as [t] and [k]) eg. <trip> [t ɹ̥ɪp] In other contexts, a difference in voicing would change the meaning [peg] – [beg] Here, if we tried to add voicing to <trip> [t ɪp], making [tɹɪp], there would be no change in meaning.
One phoneme –Two phones (one abstract, meaning-distinguisching category – two realisations)
Allophones 2 characteristics Allophones (of a phoneme) are phones that: •Do not distinguish meaning •Are phonetically similar (but not the same) eg. Does not distinguish meaning? [tɹ̥ ɪp] and [tɹɪp] – same meaning o Phonetically similar? [ɹ] – voiced alveolar approximant [ɹ̥] – voiceless alveolar approximant [ɹ] and [ɹ̥] are allophones of /r/!
Complementary distribution vs. Free variation ___________ Complementary distribution eg. /r/ • Two allophones cannot occur in the same environment • One specific environment requires a certain allophone /r/ after voiceless consonants: [ɹ̥] (cannot be [ɹ]) /r/ everywhere else:[ɹ] (ɹ̥ not possible)
Complementary distribution of /r/
Which /r/ is used? Voiced or voiceless? • Trap • Real •Grip • Parallel • Procrastination Voiceless [ɹ̥] Voiced [ɹ] Voiced [ɹ] Voiced [ɹ]  Both voiceless [ɹ̥]
Complementary distribution of /l/ 3 allophones
Complementary distribution of /l/
Which /l/ is used? Troll • Place • Lane • Level • Bland -> Dark [ɫ] -> Voiceless [l̥] ->Voiced [l] ->1st Voiced, Second dark [l] [ɫ] ->Voiced [l]
Free variation • Speaker has a ‘free choice’ as to which allophone to use (although often it is subconscious) • A position can be filled by a number of options • Again, no change in meaning
eg. free variation with /p/: in cap
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