Exam 2 key Phonetics & Phonology 1. IPA Transcription (/40)

LING 201 Fall 2009

Exam 2 key Phonetics & Phonology

Professor Oiry

1. IPA Transcription (/40)

1.1 Transcribe in IPA these English words (/24)

hang [h?] blue [blu] clash [kl] done [dn]

both [bo] Canada [k?nd]

breeze [briz] squash [skw] pink [pik] mix [miks]

them [?m] amuse [mjuz]

1.2 Do those words are English or French? When it is an English word, write the transcription in English. Circle the French sounds that do not exist in English. (/16)

a. [trtyr] French b. [sik] sink e. [lain] line

d. [pl] French

d. [aksjo]

action

c. [d?]

french

f. [w]

away

g. [kwstn] question

2. Korean [r] and [l] (/30)

Consider the distribution of [r] and [l] in Korean in the following words: are they allophones of a single phoneme or are they two different phonemes? Describe clearly their environment and conclude.

a. [rupi] `ruby' b. [kiri] `road'

c. [saram] `person' d. [irumi] `name' e. [ratio] `radio'

f. [mul] `water' g. [pal] `big' h. [seul] `Seoul' i. [ilkop] `seven' j. [ipalsa] `barber'

No minimal pairs.

Environment [r]: beginning; inside

[l]: end; inside

[r] before [i], [a], ?

after [u], [a].

[l] before [i], [a], [u]

after [s], [k], ?

They are two allophones of one phoneme, they are in a complimentary distribution: only [l]

appears before consonants and at the end; and [r] appears only before vowels and at the

beginning.

3. Korean palatalization (/30)

Are [s] and [] allophones of a single phoneme or are they two different phonemes? Describe clearly their environment and conclude. If [s] and [] are allophones, try to argue for the basic phoneme and justify.

[i] [sal] [miin] [inmun] [kasu] [thaksaikye] [sanmun] [susek]

`poem' `flesh' `superstition' `newspaper' `singer' `table clock' `prose' `search'

[ilsu] [kasl] [oip] [miso] [paik] [kanik] [kai] [so]

`mistake' `hypothesis' `fifty' `smile' `method' `snack' `thorn' `cow'

No minimal pairs.

Environment [s]: beginning; inside Environment []: beginning; inside

Before [s]: [i], [a], [k], [u], [l], ? After [s]: [a], [], [o], [e], [u] Before []: [a], [i], [o], [n], [], ? After []: [i]

They are two allophones of one phoneme, they are in a complimentary distribution: [] appears only after [i] and [s] after everywhere else. He has a greater distribution, so /s/ must be the basic phoneme.

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