Phonology Handout - University of Delaware

[Pages:42]Understanding Phonology Doing Phonology Summary

Phonology

Darrell Larsen Linguistics 101

Darrell Larsen

Phonology

Outline

Understanding Phonology Doing Phonology Summary

1 Understanding Phonology

Basics Phonology vs. Phonetics Distribution of Sounds Distinctive Features

2 Doing Phonology

How to Solve a Phonology Problem Example Phonology Problem Writing Phonological Rules

3 Summary

Darrell Larsen

Phonology

Understanding Phonology Doing Phonology Summary

What Is Phonology?

Basics Phonology vs. Phonetics Distribution of Sounds Distinctive Features

Definition the study of the sound systems of languages and the mental representation of sounds

sound system = inventory of sounds + rules + constraints

Darrell Larsen

Phonology

Understanding Phonology Doing Phonology Summary

Basics Phonology vs. Phonetics Distribution of Sounds Distinctive Features

Why Do We Need Phonology?

to account for how sounds are groups together despite being phonetically distinct. to explain regular sound alternations (e.g. aspiration of /p t k/) to explain how we extend these alternations to novel words to explain how we extend these alternations to mistakes like spoonerisms

Darrell Larsen

Phonology

Understanding Phonology Doing Phonology Summary

Basics Phonology vs. Phonetics Distribution of Sounds Distinctive Features

Why Do We Need Phonology?

to explain how we pronounce loan words to explain how we determine what possible words of our language are to save storage space etc

Darrell Larsen

Phonology

Understanding Phonology Doing Phonology Summary

Basics Phonology vs. Phonetics Distribution of Sounds Distinctive Features

How Do Phonetics and Phonology Differ?

Phonetics: concerned with actual pronunciation concerned with articulation

Phonology: focuses on mental representations of sounds has rules mapping mental representations to pronunciations

Darrell Larsen

Phonology

Understanding Phonology Doing Phonology Summary

Basics Phonology vs. Phonetics Distribution of Sounds Distinctive Features

How Do Phonetics and Phonology Differ?

Phonetics

The /k/ in call [khAl] and in key [kffhi] are phonetically distinct.

Phonology

The /k/ in call and key have the same mental representation. /kAl/ [khAl] /ki/ [kffhi]

Darrell Larsen

Phonology

Understanding Phonology Doing Phonology Summary

Basics Phonology vs. Phonetics Distribution of Sounds Distinctive Features

How Do Phonetics and Phonology Differ?

Letter Analogy

aA

Pseudo-phonetics The symbols above are distinct.

Pseudo-phonology The symbols above belong to a single mental representation of the letter `a'.

Darrell Larsen

Phonology

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download