A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

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Section

3.2 Phonological Rules 2: Korean [l] and [r]

In Korean the sounds [l] and [r] are in complementary distribution. Examine the

data below and answer the questions that follow.

Korean word English gloss

A. 1. pal

ParuY

2. mu1
   muruy


3. ssal
   ssaruy


4. saram
   saramuy
   B. 5. sul
   sultok


5. mu1
   multok


6. ssal
   ssaltok
   C. 8. khal


7. saul


8. ilkop


9. ipalsa


10. mari


11. rupi


12. ratio

"foot"

"of the foot"

"water"

"of the water"

"rice"

"of the rice"

"person"

"of the person"

"liquor"

"liquor jug"

"water"

"water jug"

"rice"

"rice jug"

"knife"

"Seoul"

(^6) seven"
"barber"
"head, hair"
"ruby"
"radio"
The data in 9-1 1 and 13-14 are from Fromkin and Rodman 1988, 116. There are
two S'S in Korean, one transcribed here as S (lax) and the other as ss (fortis).