LING 1010 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the relation between phoneomes and allophones?
Allophomes are made of phonemes.
What is a minimal pair?
Words that differ percisely due to [t] and [th] sounds. Shows that a letter sound can change the
meaning of a word, not in english but other languages.
What is an allomorphy rule?
Changes one phoneme into another phoneme.
He smile ... to ... he smil-ed.
Changes in tense and plurality cause these rules to apply.
What is the difference between a morpheme and a phoneme?
A morpheme is a meaningful unit of language that cant be further divided.
IN/COME/-ING
Phonemes are an inventory of sounds.
Phonemes
sound inventory
distinct units of sound that distinguish one word from another (p,b,d,t) pad, pat, bad, bat
Allophones
any of the speech sounds that represent a single phoneme (different ways of pronunciation)
Morphemes
meaningful unit of language
in/come/ing
, Why do we say a phoneme is a mental concept?
A phoneme is a mental concept of a large set of speech sounds/ allophones that are very similar
and count as the same in a given language.
What are the causes of the fact that phonemes have different allophonic realizations?
allophonic realizaitons are determined by the position of the phoneme in the word and by the
stress of surrounding phonemes.
Each phoneme has an infinite number of allophones not only depending on the lingustic
context, but also the fine properties of the person saying it.
What is the difference between a possible and an impossible word?
The Bnick Test. Demonstrates that speakers have gramatical intuitions and know when a word
can/can't exist.
Blick is possible whereas bnik is impossible
Phonatactics
a system of statements (called constraints) that specifies the set of phonemes and which
combination of phonemes are well-informed. The study of rules governing the possible
phoneme sequences in a language.
What are the three parts of phonology?
Phonotactic Constraints: governs the form of words.
Allomorphy Rules: changing one phoneme into another.
Allophony Rules: made of constraints and repairs.
What is the difference between phonology and phonetics?
Phonology: studies how sounds function in language (how specific sound properties are used to
distinguish morphemes from eachother)
Phonetics: studies how sounds are produced, their acoustic properties, and how they are
percieved
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the relation between phoneomes and allophones?
Allophomes are made of phonemes.
What is a minimal pair?
Words that differ percisely due to [t] and [th] sounds. Shows that a letter sound can change the
meaning of a word, not in english but other languages.
What is an allomorphy rule?
Changes one phoneme into another phoneme.
He smile ... to ... he smil-ed.
Changes in tense and plurality cause these rules to apply.
What is the difference between a morpheme and a phoneme?
A morpheme is a meaningful unit of language that cant be further divided.
IN/COME/-ING
Phonemes are an inventory of sounds.
Phonemes
sound inventory
distinct units of sound that distinguish one word from another (p,b,d,t) pad, pat, bad, bat
Allophones
any of the speech sounds that represent a single phoneme (different ways of pronunciation)
Morphemes
meaningful unit of language
in/come/ing
, Why do we say a phoneme is a mental concept?
A phoneme is a mental concept of a large set of speech sounds/ allophones that are very similar
and count as the same in a given language.
What are the causes of the fact that phonemes have different allophonic realizations?
allophonic realizaitons are determined by the position of the phoneme in the word and by the
stress of surrounding phonemes.
Each phoneme has an infinite number of allophones not only depending on the lingustic
context, but also the fine properties of the person saying it.
What is the difference between a possible and an impossible word?
The Bnick Test. Demonstrates that speakers have gramatical intuitions and know when a word
can/can't exist.
Blick is possible whereas bnik is impossible
Phonatactics
a system of statements (called constraints) that specifies the set of phonemes and which
combination of phonemes are well-informed. The study of rules governing the possible
phoneme sequences in a language.
What are the three parts of phonology?
Phonotactic Constraints: governs the form of words.
Allomorphy Rules: changing one phoneme into another.
Allophony Rules: made of constraints and repairs.
What is the difference between phonology and phonetics?
Phonology: studies how sounds function in language (how specific sound properties are used to
distinguish morphemes from eachother)
Phonetics: studies how sounds are produced, their acoustic properties, and how they are
percieved
