phonology homework

Eastern Andalusian Spanish

(Romance; Spain)

Segments of interest: vowels, [s]

Data

Form Gloss papEl paper bErdura verdure pero but kante sing.1.sg.pst Ipnotiko hypnotic dIktar dictate.inf diÙa happiness makina machine kOrto short galardOn reward

Form Gloss koÙe car poso well salUd health rUmbo direction rudo rough bruto stupid mikrobjo microbe desjErto deserted nukleo nucleus

Most Dialects E. Andalusian Gloss Ermano Ermano brother ErmanOs ErmanO brother.pl madre madre mother madrEs madrE mother.pl djo djo give.3.sg.pst djOs djO God pErdi pErdi lose.1.sg.pst pErdIs pErdI partridge

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Solution

Rules

(1) Vowel Laxing: Vowels become lax in closed syllables.

[ +syl

] →

[ −ATR

] /

[ −syl

] ]σ

(2) [s]-Deletion: [s] deletes syllable-finally.

/ s / → ∅/ ]σ

Syllabification

(1) Stop-approximant CC sequences are syllabified together. All other CC sequences are syllabified separately.

Sample Derivations

Vowel Lowering before [s]-Deletion: correct result

UR /papel/ /koÙe/ /ermano/ /ermanos/ VL papEl — Ermano ErmanOs SD — — — ErmanO SR [papEl] [koÙe] [Ermano] [ErmanO]

[s]-Deletion before Vowel Lowering: incorrect result

UR /papel/ /koÙe/ /ermano/ /ermanos/ SD — — — Ermano VL papEl — Ermano — SR [papEl] [koÙe] [Ermano] *[Ermano]

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