1. Robin Parrish
Helped by Jeffrey Ngare
HW6
PART 1
Problem 1.A
1) [o]
[+voice]
[-consonantal]
[+continuant]
[+syllabic]
[+sonorant]
[+round]
[+dorsal]
[-high]
[-low]
[+back]
2) []
[+voice]
[-syllabic]
[+consonantal]
[+continuant]
[+coronal]
[-anterior]
[+distributed]
[+strident]
3) [k]
[-voice]
[-syllabic]
[-continuant]
[-sonorant]
[+consonantal]
[+dorsal]
[+high]
[-low]
Problem I.B
1) i, u, e, o
[+voice]
[-consontantal]
[+continuant]
[+sonorant]
[+syllabic]
[-low]

2. 2) l, n
[+voice]
[+consonantal]
[+continuant]
[+syllabic]
[+sonorant]
3) z, b, g, , d
[+voice]
[+consonantal]
[-syllabic]
[-sonorant]
Problem 1.C
1) [+high]
[i], [u]
2) [+dist] [-ant]
[], []
3) [+voice] {-cont]
[p], [b], [d], [g]
Problem 2
PART 2
i) [-syllabic], [-sonorant], [+consonantal]
ii)
p b t d k g
#_a m_a l_a n_u u_i _a l_a _a a_a n_i a_e
a_i n_a #_a n_i a_a _i i_a n_i a_# _a k_e
#_e m_u #_e n_e r_u _a u_u #_e
r_a #_i a_# _a #_a #_i
#_u i_i a_u #_u a_i
e_u #_u a_ i_u p_i
i_ u_i l_i i_# u_i
l_i #_a
i_# #_e
#_i
#_u
u_a
iii) The phonemes are [p], [t], []. [k], and []. [b] is an allophone of /p/, [d] is an
allophone of /t/, and [] is an allophone of //, [g] is an allophone of /k/, and [] and []
are both allophones of //.

3. iv) The rule which describes the change from the given phonemes to the given
allophones (with the exception of ) is:
phoneme -> allophone / nasal_V.
The given phonemes become the given allophones in the environment of following
nasal consonants and preceding vowels.
v) /t/ -> [] / _front vowel
/t/ becomes [] in the environment of preceding front vowels.