Review Notes 6

Question 1

Context Free Phonological Conditioning is:

Answer 1

Systematic within the domain of the natural class it defines. No other context applies.

Question 2

An example of Context-Free Phonological conditioning:

Answer 2

Velar fronting across all positions of syllables, nasalization of vowels in English before nasal sounds

Question 3

An example of Context-Dependant Phonological conditioning:

Answer 3

Velar Fronting in the onsets of “stressed” syllables.

Question 4

What did we see in Amahl’s data?

Answer 4

He struggled to produce coronal fricatives, and stopped them, then affricated them before producing them correctly.