| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Affixal phonology | the study of affixal sound patterns |
| Group 1 adjectives | monosyllabic, form superlative with -est |
| Group 2 adjectives | end in vowels (open syllables not closed off by consnants), bisyllabic, form superlative with -est |
| Group 3 adjectives | bisyllabic, but end in a closed syllable (consonant), form superlative with most |
| Group 4 adjectives | more than two syllables, (organize, wonderful), some end in open and some in closed syllables, forms superlative with most |
| phonology of -est | (phonetics: /əst/)(syntax: [[()]A-est]A)(semantics: “superlative of [_____]A” |
| See lecture 5, 2.2 | for phonological symbols |
| allomorphy | the study of the various pronunciations of affixal morphemes, the way they are pronounced is predictabile and not random! |
| underlying morpheme/listme vs. allomorphs | Lecture 5 3.2 |
| voiced vs. voiceless obstruents | cannot occur next to each other at the end of a word |
| alveolar | a consonant produced just behind the teeth, on the alveolar ridge between the teeth and palate, such as /t/ and /s/ |
| velar | consonant pronounced at the velum (soft palate) toward the back of the mouth, such as /g/ or /k/ |
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