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Phonological derivation. Kuiper and Allan Chapter 5.6. Derivation. The processes which are involved in realising an underlying phonological representation phonetically create a derivation. Example of a derivation. Underlying Representation / kÅngres / Aspiration kHÅngres
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Phonological derivation Kuiper and Allan Chapter 5.6
Derivation • The processes which are involved in realising an underlying phonological representation phonetically create a derivation.
Example of a derivation Underlying Representation /kÅngres/ AspirationkHÅngres NasalizationkHÅ‚ngres Vowel Lengthening kHÅ‚˘ngres Nasal assimilation kHÅ‚˘Ngres Surface Representation [kHÅ‚˘Ngres]
What is a phoneme? • It is not a sound. • It is a phonologically distinctive sound. • What makes it distinctive? • Its having a specific set of distinctive features, e.g voicing. • So a phoneme is a bundle of distinctive features.