Mokilese (an Oceanic language spoken on Mokil). Examine the following data, noting the distribution of voiceless (with a ring under the vowel) and voiced vowels.
a)[pis̥an]‘full of leaves’
b) [uduk]‘flesh’
c) [kaskas]‘to throw’
d) [poki]‘to strike something’
e) [tu̥pu̥kta]‘bought’
f) [pu̥ko]‘basket’
g)[kis̥a]‘wetwo’
h) [pil]‘water’
i) [apid]‘out rigger support’
j) [luʤuk]‘to tackle’
k) [su̥pw o] ‘firewood’
l) [kamwɔkit̥i]‘to move’
m)[isik̥]‘to shake’
n) [tun]‘to drip’
a. Which rule accounts for the voiceless vowel allophones in the data above?
(a) Vowels become voiceless before voiceless stops.
(b) High vowels become voiceless between voiceless consonants.
(c)High vowels become voiceless after voiceless consonants.
(d) Vowels become voiceless between voiceless consonants.
b. What should the phonetic realization of Mokilese /pisa/ ‘fish body part (from the start of the tail to just below the gills)’ be?
(a) [pisḁ]
(b) [pisa]
(c) [pis̥a]
(d) [pis̥ḁ]
(part c is in another question)
c. The phonemic representation of Mokilese ‘bought’ is:
(a) /tu̥pu̥ktḁ/
(b) /tupuktḁ/
(c) /tu̥pu̥kta/
(d) /tupukta/
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