Analyzing Sound Patterns by Long Peng

Author:Long Peng,
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

UR /pan-ji-maj/ /lt-k-jaw/ /mat-ja/

Nasal Place Assimilation pajimaj NA NA

Consonant Deletion NA lkjaw NA

Vowel Epenthesis NA NA matja

SR [pajimaj] [lkjaw] [matja]

Consider /pan-ji-maj/ first. Nasal Place Assimilation produces pajimaj. Neither deletion nor epenthesis can apply to pajimaj, because they require consonants with distinct place specifications. In the case of /lt-k-jaw/ and /mat-ja/, Nasal Place Assimilation cannot apply because neither input has the right adjacent consonants. Consonant deletion applies to /lt-k-jaw/, yielding lkjaw. In the case of /mat-ja/, we have to assume that deletion cannot apply. As a consequence, this form has two adjacent consonants that disagree in place, triggering epenthesis. We stated earlier that we do not know for sure why some forms select deletion while others opt for epenthesis. One possibility we suggested in section 2 is that deletion and epenthesis operate in different registers: slow speech vs. fast speech. If this turns out to be the case, then different registers might have different rules with the slow and regular speech having deletion while epenthesis operates only in fast speech. We consider these three processes together for the following reason. Regardless of whether deletion and epenthesis operate within one register or two, the functional motivation for the two processes appears to be the same. We consider this question next.

Let’s look at the three rules more closely. They are repeated in (14) so that we can examine them side by side.

(14) Rule names Changes expressed by the rules Conditions triggering the changes

Nasal Place Assimilation [+nasal] [αplace] / ___ [−continuant, αplace]

Consonant Deletion [C, αplace] Ø / ___ [C, –αplace]

Vowel Epenthesis Ø V / [C, αplace]___ [C, −αplace]

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