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Class 8 (10/16/02)
Phonemic Analysis
In general, the missing words in the chart (shown with —) are potential, if
nonexistent, English words. (How would you spell them?) Are there any missing
forms that are not potential English words?
1
What positions can the voiced stops [b, d, g] occur in?
Why?
2
(7) The vowel system of Papago
front central back
unrounded rounded
high i, i˘ ˆ, ˆ˘ u, u˘
mid o, o˘
low a, a˘
3
• It’s good to give rules names, for easy reference. Improvise a name if you are not
sure of standard terminology.
Alveolar Palatalization
stop
→ affricate / ___ vowel
alveolar palato-alveolar high
(12) Notation
X
a. C = consonant b. Y = “segment having the phonetic features X, Y and Z”
Z
V = vowel