Question

Phonetics. Please help me. Will rate best possible.

4) Using distinctive features: a) Identify the feature(s) that differentiate/p/ and /t/. Include both + and - b) Identify the features that are shared by /t/and /s/ (again, with t). c) Write rules that express the following: All word-initial fricatives become stops. /n/ becomes /n/ before /k, g/.

Answer 1

In phonological theory the building blocks of speech sounds are often argued to be what are called “distinctive features.”

a) p + consonantal , anterior (other all '-')

t + consonatnal ,anterior, coronal,   (other all '-')

b)  t + consonatnal ,anterior, coronal,   (other all '-')

s + consonantal, anterior, coronal, continuant,sibilant  (other all '-')

c) Fricative, in phonetics, a consonant sound, such as English f or v,produced by bringing the mouth into position to block the passage of the airstream, but not making complete closure, so that air moving through the mouth generates audible friction.

a fricative or an approximant may become a stop (i.e. [v]becomes [b] or [r] becomes [d]).

/ŋ/ is a nasal sound made in the same position as /k/ and /g/, so the tongue is raised at the back, touching the soft palate and the noise is released through the nose.

eg; think, england