Please show your work on the phonology problems 1. For each of the three stateme
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Please show your work on the phonology problems
1. For each of the three statements below, state if it is true or false (a) Consonants are always voiced 2 (b)A minimal pair consists of two words that have different meanings, and that differ by only one segment, in the same position. For example, [no] and [go] form a minimal pair. 9 (c) An allophone is stored in your mind; it is not a sound 2 inimal pairs to show that each of the following pairs of segments are contrastive in English 3. In Korean, the phones [I] and [r are in complementary distribution and belong to the same phoneme. Come up with rules that describe the distribution of the two phones 1) [kinil] 'shae' 2) [mul] water 3) [pal] 'leg' 4) [saul] Seoul' 5) [tadill 'all of them 10) [yaftm] 'summer 11) [ifim]'name" 12) [kiram] 'then' 1 14) [kafiro] 'to the street' 15) [safam] 'person' 7) [ibalsa] 'barber' 17) [adio] 'radio" 9) [almanal how muchExplanation / Answer
Ans 1
a) false
Consonants are not always voiced , there are also voiceless consonants such as F , K , P etc.
b) True
These pair of words differ in only one phonological element and have different meanings altogethe. Eg , rot / lot
c) False
Allophones are the possible spoken sounds . They are the variant forms of phoneme t of top and t of stop.