Problem Book in Phonology A Workbook for Introductory Courses in Linguistics and in Modern Phonology

by Halle, Morris; Clements, George N.

• ISBN13: 9780262580595
• ISBN10: 0262580594
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-03-30
• Publisher: The MIT Press

Summary

Working with problems is an essential part of courses that introduce students to modern phonology. This book provides hands-on experience with a major area of modern phonology, including phonetics; phonetic variation; natural classes of sounds; alternations; rule systems; and prosodic phonology. An introductory essay gives an overview of some of the principal results and assumptions of current phonological theory. The problems are taken from a wide variety of languages, and many are drawn from the authors' firsthand research. All have been used by the authors in their introductory courses, primarily at Harvard and MIT, and are meant to be used in conjunction with a textbook and/or other materials provided by the classroom instructor. Morris Halle is Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics and Institute Professor at MIT. George N. Clements is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Harvard University.

Author Biography

Morris Halle is Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics Emeritus at MIT.

George N. Clements was Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(28)
Phonetics
Transcription Key	29	(4)
Chart of Distinctive Features	33	(4)
Phonetic Transcription	37	(2)
Minimal Pairs	39	(2)
Phonetic Description	41	(4)
Complementary Distribution
Angas Sonorants	45	(2)
Kongo Obstruents	47	(2)
Ewe Liquids	49	(2)
Ganda Liquids	51	(2)
Papago Stops	53	(2)
Proto-Bantu Voiced Obstruents	55	(2)
Voiced Stops in Lowland Murut	57	(2)
Mohawk Stops	59	(2)
Squamish Vowels	61	(2)
Multiple Complementation in Thai	63	(2)
A Research Problem	65	(4)
Natural Classes of Sounds
English Plurals	69	(2)
Classes of Sounds	71	(2)
Distinctive Features of American English	73	(2)
English /aw/	75	(2)
Natural Classes	77	(2)
Initial Consonant Clusters in English	79	(2)
Consonant Clusters in Cambodian	81	(4)
Turkish Vowels	85	(2)
Welsh Consonant Mutation	87	(2)
Sanskrit Retroflexion	89	(4)
Phonological Rules
The Formalism of Phonological Rules	93	(2)
Writing Phonological Rules	95	(2)
Turkish Possessives	97	(2)
More Phonological Rules	99	(2)
Abbreviatory Conventions (I)	101	(2)
Using Abbreviatory Conventions	103	(2)
Tibetan Numerals	105	(2)
Consonant Dissimilation in Kikuyu	107	(2)
Abbreviatory Conventions (II)/Voicing Assimilation in Russian Prepositions	109	(4)
Rule Systems
Rule Ordering in Klamath	113	(2)
Rule Ordering in Russian	115	(2)
A Children's Language	117	(2)
Derivations	119	(2)
Stress and Epenthesis in Mohawk	121	(4)
Indonesian Verb Prefixes	125	(2)
Japanese Verb Conjugation	127	(2)
Abbreviatory Conventions (III)	129	(4)
Swahili	133	(4)
Turkish Nouns	137	(4)
The Creole Language Spoken in Sao Tome	141	(4)
Klamath Prefixes	145	(4)
Russian Nominal Declension	149	(2)
Another Children's Language	151	(2)
Yokuts	153	(4)
Rules that Affect More than One Segment	157	(2)
Latvian Nominal Declension	159	(4)
Icelandic Conjugation	163	(2)
Okpe Conjugation	165	(2)
Noun Declension in Ancient and Modern Greek	167	(6)
Prosodic Phonology
Noun Compounding in English	173	(2)
Arabic Broken Plurals	175	(2)
Ogori Contraction	177	(2)
Mende Suffixes	179	(2)
Southern Paiute Stress	181	(2)
Ewe Tone	183	(4)
Kikuyu Verb Conjugation	187	(2)
Stress in Selkup	189	(2)
Stress in Piro	191	(2)
Sources	193	(2)
Languages	195