A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

Questions

A. Compare the orthographic representations in list I with the phonetic

representations ("Pronunciation" column); ignore the vowels. How do the

phonetic representations consistently differ from the orthographic ones?

B. How do the data in list I differ from the data in list II?

C. Describe what appears to be conditioning the change(s) that you noted in

question B.

D. On the basis of your hypothesis in question C, provide the underlying

representations for the words in list I (i.e., the phonemic representation

indicated by / 1). (See Linguistics, pp. 121-124.)

1. petit


2. vous


3. premier


4. comment


5. nous


6. mangez