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Exercise e

The document outlines an exercise submission for a linguistics course, including questions that require comparison of previous feedback and analysis of intonation differences in sentences. It also discusses the distribution of allophones in English and Japanese, providing examples and requiring precise descriptions of their usage. The exercise must be submitted in PDF format by a specified deadline.

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Exercise e

The document outlines an exercise submission for a linguistics course, including questions that require comparison of previous feedback and analysis of intonation differences in sentences. It also discusses the distribution of allophones in English and Japanese, providing examples and requiring precise descriptions of their usage. The exercise must be submitted in PDF format by a specified deadline.

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Exercise E

Submit in pdf format to Avenue by 11:00 pm, Wednesday March 8.

Question 1
(yes, this question is part of the exercise and counts for completeness)
Look back at the previous exercise and at the feedback on it. You can find the
feedback document in last week’s Avenue content, directly below the exercise
document. How do your answers compare with the feedback?
I have checked the feedback, I do have some small questions wrong.
Question 2
In the written sentences given here, the bold-face type
indicates a difference in intonation.

a. Sam didn't use your toothbrush yesterday.


b. Sam didn't use your toothbrush yesterday.
c. Sam didn't use your toothbrush yesterday.
Click on the icon to listen to the recording of Dr. Anderson saying these sentences,
then describe, as precisely as you can, what differences in meaning are communicated
by the intonation differences between the three sentences.
[Can’t hear the audio? Try this link instead! Exercise E Question 2 Audio]
a. Sam used another toothbrush but did not use yours.
b. Sam borrowed other items from you but did not use your toothbrush.
c. Sam did use your toothbrush, but not yesterday.

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Exercise 3
The English alveolar lateral approximant [l] has an allophone [ɫ] which is velarized
(that is, pronounced farther back in the mouth, near the velum). Here is a set of data
illustrating environments where each allophone occurs.

[l] [ɫ]
linoleum [lənoʊlijəm] bulk [bʌɫk]
licorice [lɪkərɪʃ] mall [mɑɫ]
alarm [əlarm] will [wɪɫ]
flipper [flɪpər] milkshake [mɪɫkʃeɪk]
asleep [əslip] talcum [thæɫkəm]

a. Describe, as precisely as you can, the distribution of each allophone.


[l] appear after voiced dorsal, never appear elsewhere.
[ɫ] appear elsewhere, never appear after voiced dorsal.
b. Are the allophones in complementary distribution?
Yes, they are.

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Exercise 4
The following dataset from Japanese illustrates the distribution of three allophones:
 the voiceless alveolar stop [t]
 the voiceless alveolar affricate [ts]
 the voiceless post-alveolar affricate [tʃ]

[tatami] mat [tʃizu] map [tatemono] building


[tegami] letter [koto] fact [te] hand

[tʃitʃi] father [tomodatʃi] friend [utʃi] house

[ʃita] under [totemo] very [otoko] male

[matsu] to wait [tsukue] desk [tetsudau] help


[natsu] summer [ato] later

[tsutsumu] to wrap [kata] person

a. Describe, as precisely as you can, the distribution of each allophone.


[ts] appear after sound /a/, /u/, /e/, can be used as initial sound.
[tʃ] appear after sound /u/, /a/, can be used as initial sound.
[t] appear after sound /o/, /a/, /i/, usually use as initial sound.

Reminder
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