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Phonology Problems Setswana (adapted from Odden, 2005. p. 50) lefifi selɛpɛ xobala lerumɔ loxadima dumɛla lokwalɔ mosadi badisa

darkness axe to read spear liɡhteninɡ flash ɡreetinɡs letter woman the herd

loleme molɔmo mmadi xoɲala didʒo feedi khudu podi hudi

tonɡue mouth reader to marry food sweeper tortoise ɡoat wild duck

Look at the consonants [l] and [d] in Setswana to determine if they are separate phonemes, or allophones (contextual variants) of a single phoneme. State the generalization informally, but in the most economical way. You can prove phonemic status by finding minimal pairs. If you conclude they are allophones of a single phoneme however, describe the conditioning environment for the rule.

Where is [l] found? #__e, e__ɛ, e__a, a__ɔ, etc (2pts for the list of contexts) ɡeneralizationʔ before the followinɡ vowelsː [e], [ɛ] [a] [ɔ] [o] (1 pts for the generalization). The crucial part is noticing that these vowels are a group! Where is [d] found? a__i, #__u, o__i, u__u, etc (2pts) generalization? [d] is found before the vowels [i] and [u] (1pt). This is the more restricted environment. So again, this is a clear case of complementary distribution, where [d] is only found precedinɡ [+hiɡh] vowels and [l] is found elsewhere. [l] and [d] are allophones of a single phoneme. (2pts for this statement) i e ɛ

u o ɔ a

[l] [d] / __ V [+high] (2pts) Stating the rule the other way around is a little more complicated. [d] [l] / __ V [-high] (2pts) but still not terrible. Both [+high] and [-high] are natural classes of vowels....