A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

C. According to the following chart, what single feature distinguishes /e/, 101, and
/o/ from /E/, 151, and /3/?


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D. The word bgte "beast" is pronounced [bet]. What role do you think the symbol
A is playing here? (Hint: Note that the fmal orthographic e is not pronounced.
Also, an alternative spelling in an earlier stage of French was bette.)
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