A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

Questions


A. In what environment does [t] occur? List the relevant segments and provide the
distinctive features these segments have in common.

B. In what environment does [d] occur? List the relevant segments and provide the
distinctive features these segments have in common.

C. In what environment does [id] occur? List the relevant segments and provide
the distinctive features these segments have in common.

D. What does the distribution (pattern of occurrence) of the past tense morpheme
[t] have in common with the distribution of the plural morpheme [S]?

E. What does the distribution of past tense [d] have in common with the
distribution of plural [z]?

F. What does the distribution of past tense [Id] have in common with the
distribution of plural [Iz]?
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