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J4mes_bond25 Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Natural Class Question ???
I'm asked this question, which I fear is bit beyond me. Can anyone help perhaps explaining what exactly is being expected from this question and/or any answer/help towards it ???
"Is there a natural class that has nasals and approximants but not vowels?? I'm stuck on a phonology problem where one allomorph occurs before a vowel, and another allomorph occurs before nasals and approximants. Sonorants doesn't seem to fit."
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
"Is there a natural class that has nasals and approximants but not vowels?? I'm stuck on a phonology problem where one allomorph occurs before a vowel, and another allomorph occurs before nasals and approximants. Sonorants doesn't seem to fit."
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Top answer
"The word resonant is sometimes used for these non-turbulent sounds. In this case, the word sonorant may be restricted to non-vocoid resonants; that is, all of the above except vowels and semivowels. "
- "The word resonant is sometimes used for these non-turbulent sounds.
- In this case, the word sonorant may be restricted to non-vocoid resonants; that is, all of the above except vowels and semivowels.
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"The word resonant is sometimes used for these non-turbulent sounds. In this case, the word sonorant may be restricted to non-vocoid resonants; that is, all of the above except vowels and semivowels. However, this usage is becoming dated."
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Why not consonants? The class of consonants has nasals and approximants, but not vowels.
I suspect there is more assumed in the question than is actually stated. I suspect the word only has been left out:
Is there a natural class that has only nasals and approximants but not vowels?
Vowels are sonorants, so it's not sonorants. The questioner is right to think
I suspect there is more assumed in the question than is actually stated. I suspect the word only has been left out:
Is there a natural class that has only nasals and approximants but not vowels?
Vowels are sonorants, so it's not sonorants. The questioner is right to think
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That's what I thought so too CJ. Is the wikipedia article accurate at all about how sonorant used to be used to fit this definition?
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Sorry. I don't know. I'm not very current on the history of linguistic terminology.
CJ
CJ
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All these linguistic terms are beyond me; I'd simply like to point out we have "nasal words" without vowels in Cantonese.
Ng - (nasal and vowelless)
Ng - (nasal and vowelless)
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0 is it possible for vowels and consonants to be in a natural class together? For example, can vowels be consider palatals?? 0-
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0 I suspect what the question is trying to elicit is something like this: 02 br
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00 We tend to think that there is a hard and fast distinction between vowels and consonants. There are however some sounds (nasals and approximants) which (like vowels) do not involve any friction of the organs of speech, but in which the mouth may be closed or two organs of speech get very close
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00 We tend to think that there is a hard and fast distinction between vowels and consonants. There are however some sounds (nasals and approximants) which (like vowels) do not involve any friction of the organs of speech, but in which the mouth may be closed or two organs of speech get very close
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