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SIBILANTS

SIBILANTS. s ea sh ip z ero mea s ure ch ur ch j u dg e. s ea sh ip z ero mea s ure ch ur ch j u dg e. sí sjipp seró mesjúr tsörts dsöds. Problems with sibilants. Icelandic has only 1 sibilant: English has 4: and two afficates: . NO RULE. RULE!. Problems with sibilants.

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SIBILANTS

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  1. SIBILANTS

  2. sea ship zero measure churchjudge

  3. sea ship zero measure churchjudge sí sjipp seró mesjúr tsörts dsöds

  4. Problems with sibilants • Icelandic has only 1 sibilant: • English has 4: and two afficates:

  5. NO RULE RULE! Problems with sibilants • Spelling is a poor indication of which sibilant is used • VOICING of s or z is particularly badly represented • base phase loose choose • rates clothes wages s z z s

  6. NO RULE Problems with sibilants • base phase loose choose s z z s

  7. (often)NO RULE

  8. (often)NO RULE

  9. base phase loose choose rates clothes wages NO RULE RULE!

  10. plural – the dog gave two short barks possessive – the dog’s bark, the dogs’ barks 3rd person sg. – this dog barks abbreviation for is – his bark’s worse than his bite abbreviation for has – his bark’s been recorded -s, -’s, -s’, -es

  11. -s, -’s, -s’, -es cats cat’s cats’ gets barks - dogs dog’s dog’s runs mews - fishes fish’s fishes’ masses catches judges roses Rose’s boxes Butch’s

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  13. Rule ordering: The rules must apply in the following order: • Is the preceding sound a sibilant? fish’s masses catches roses boxes • Is the preceding sound fortis? cats gets barks • In all other cases – dogs runs mews

  14. Rule ordering: The rules must apply in a certain order What do we mean by this? • Where are these “rules” to be found? • Are they invented by linguists? • Or discovered by linguists? • Do normal English speakers use these rules to form –s endings? • Do they know about them? • Do they somehow exist in their brains?

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