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Bruce M Rowe , Diane L Levine 9780133811216 ALL Chapters .
The different - but predictable - pronunciations of a single morpheme are called __________. -
ANSWER: allomorphs
The plural form of the noun horse takes which plural allomorph? - ANSWER: [əz]
The abstract, basic units that differentiate words are called __________. - ANSWER: phonemes
Which of the following options constitutes a minimal pair for [t] and [d]? - ANSWER: dip and tip
In English, where oral vowels occur, nasal vowels do not occur, and vice versa. This is referred to as
__________ - ANSWER: complementary distribution
Which of the following features is NOT distinctive for English consonants? - ANSWER: aspirated
What is the English allophonic rule for the nasalization of vowels? - ANSWER: Vowels become
nasalized before nasal consonants in the same syllable
Which phonological rule makes neighboring sound segments more similar? - ANSWER: assimilation
Which word below illustrates the process of dissimilation? - ANSWER: the word fifth being
pronounced as if it were spelled fift
What is the process of inserting a consonant or a vowel into a word during speech? - ANSWER:
epenthesis
The allophonic rule for vowel reduction in English involves changing vowels to [ə] when they are
________. - ANSWER: unstressed
What is the rime of the word trains (/trenz/)? - ANSWER: /enz/
Which of the following non-words represents an accidental gap? - ANSWER: [khrʌk]
The limitations on sequences of sound segments in a given language are called ________ constraints.
- ANSWER: phonotactic
To explain how phonological rules work in languages around the world, ________ Theory
hypothesizes a universal set of ranked constraints with higher order ranked constraints taking
precedence over lower ranked ones. - ANSWER: Optimality
Describe the following vowel phoneme of English in terms of tongue height, frontness, lip rounding,
and tenseness: - ANSWER: æ
Describe the following vowel phoneme of English in terms of tongue height, frontness, lip rounding,
and tenseness - ANSWER: /o/
Identity the formal statement that is equivalent to the following informal statement: A voiceless
consonant becomes voiced when it occurs between two vowels. - ANSWER: C [+voice] / V _____ V
Identity the formal statement that is equivalent to the following informal statement: Vowels become
nasalized in the environment before nasal segments within a syllable. - ANSWER: V [+nasal] / -
[+nasal] $
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