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Phonology Q1047
Distinctive features handout
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Distinctive features
1.1. Major class features
vowels
glides (= semi-
vowels:
j w
)
laryngeals
(
h
)
syllabic
nasals and
liquids
non-syllabic
nasals and
liquids
plosives,
affricates,
fricatives
[consonantal]
–
–
–
+
+
+
[sonorant]
+
+
–
+
+
–
[syllabic]
+
–
–
+
–
–
Classes of sounds defined by major class features:
[+cons] nasals, liquids, plosives, affricates, fricatives
[–cons] vowels, glides, laryngeals
[+son] vowels, glides, nasals/liquids
[–son]
obstruents
(= laryngeals, plosives, affricates, fricatives)
[+syl] vowels, syllabic nasals/liquids
[–syl] glides, laryngeals, non-syllabic nasals/liquids, plosives, affricates,
fricatives
[+cons, +son] nasals/liquids
[+cons, –son] plosives, affricates, fricatives (not laryngeals)
[–cons, +son] vowels, glides
[–cons, –son] laryngeals
[+syl, +cons] syllabic nasals/liquids
[+syl, –cons] vowels
[–syl, +cons] non-syllabic nasals/liquids, plosives, affricates, fricatives
[–syl, –cons] glides, laryngeals
[–syl, +son] glides, non-syllabic nasals/liquids
[–syl, +cons, +son] non-syllabic nasals/liquids
[–syl, –cons, +son] glides
Redundancy: [+syl] → [+son]
[–son] → [-syl]
1.2. Further major class features
([approximant] as in Spencer 1996)
vowels glides
laryngeals
liquids
nasals
obstruents
[approximant]
+
+
–
+
–
–
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2-3. Manner features and laryngeal features (consonants)
j/w h l r nasal t t t
d t ts s
[
cont
inuant]
1
+
+
–
±
+
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
+
+
[
del
ayed
rel
ease]
–
–
–
–
–
–
+
+
[
lat
eral]
–
–
–
+
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
[
nas
al]
+
− − − − − − − − −
− − − − −
[
distr
ibuted]
(+)
(–)
(–)
+
+
+
+
+
–
+
–
+
[
voi
ce]
+
–
–
+
+
+
–
–
–
+
+
–
–
–
–
[
spread
glottis]
+
–
+
−
–
–
–
–
+
−
−
[
constr
icted glottis] − −
− −
+
+ − − − − −
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. Gussenhoven & Jacobs (1998: 73-74) discuss whether [continuant] should apply at all to
laryngeal consonants.
4. Place features (consonants)
a) Binary feature account
labials
dentals/
alveolars
post-alveolars/
palatals
velars/uvulars/
pharyngeals/ laryngeals
labiovelars
[
ant
erior]
+
+
–
–
–
[
cor
onal]
–
+
+
–
–
[
lab
ial]
+
–
–
–
+
b) Unary feature account (Spencer 1996) using [anterior] as above
labials
dentals/alveolars/ post-alveolars/
palatals
velars/uvulars
pharyngeals/ laryngeals
[
LABIAL
]
[
CORONAL
]
[
DORSAL
]
[
GUTTURAL
]
Gussenhoven & Jacobs (1998) use [
RADICAL
] for pharyngeals; for them, laryngeal
consonants have no ‘place’ feature at all.
5.1. Vowels
A. Up to three degrees of height (after Chomsky & Halle 1968)
i e /æ/a / / / u o / y ø œ
[
hi
gh]
+
–
–
+
–
–
+
–
–
+
–
–
[
lo
w]
–
–
+
–
–
+
–
–
+
–
–
+
[
b
ac
k
]
–
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
–
[
r
ou
nd
]
–
–
–
–
–
–
+
+
+
+
+
+
For vowels, [
r
ou
nd
] = [
lab
ial]
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Further vowel distinctions, using [tense] (after Chomsky & Halle, for English) or [
A
dvanced
T
ongue
R
oot]
i e a/æ / o / u
[tense] + – + –
+ – + – +
– +
–
i e o / u
[ATR] + – + – + – + – +
–
B. Four degrees of height (using the feature [mid] but not [low]). NB, in this system [high]
has a different definition from the system in A. Here in system B [+high] includes close and
half-close vowels. In system A [+high] includes only close vowels.
i e a/æ y ø œ / / / u o
[high] + + – – + + – –
+ +
–
– +
+
–
–
[mid]
– + + – – + + –
– +
+
– –
+
+
–
[back]
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
– +
+ +
+
++++
[round] – – – – + + + +
– –
–
– ++++
5.2. The features [high], [back] and [labial] applied to consonants
p p p t t t t t t t c/k k k q
[ant] + + + + +
+ + – – –
– –
– –
[cor] – – – + +
+ + +
+ + + –
– –
[lab] + + + – –
– + – – +
– –
+ –
[hi] – + + – +
+ – –
+ – + +
+ –
[bk] – – + –
–
+ – – + – – +
+ +
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Some basic feature definitions of sound types
Vowel
[+syl, –cons]
Glide (semivowel)
[–syl, –cons, +son]
Laryngeal
[–son, –cons]
Sonorant consonant
[–syl, +son]
Approximant cons.
[–syl, +approx]
or
[–syl, +son, –nasal]
Liquid
[+cons, +approx]
or
[+cons, +son, –nasal]
Stop
[–cont, –approx] (
or
just [–cont] if laterals are [+cont])
Plosive
[–son, –cont, –del rel]
Affricate
[–son, –cont, +del rel]
Fricative
[–son, +cont]
Aspirated
[+spread]
Glottal(ized)
[+constr]
Places of articulation (binary features)
Front (vowel)
[–back]
Central or back vowel
[+back]
Rounded vowel
[+round]
or
[+labial]
Labial
[+lab]
Labiodental
[+lab, –distr]
Bilabial
[+lab, +distr]
Dental/alveolar
[+ant, +cor]
Interdental
[+ant, +cor, –dist]
Lamino-dental
1
[+ant, +cor, +distr]
Lamino-alveolar
1
[+ant, +cor, +distr]
Apico-alveolar
[+ant, +cor, −distr]
Postalveolar
[–ant, +cor, –hi]
Palatal
[+cor, +hi]
Velar
[+hi, +bk]
Labiovelar
[+hi, +bk, +lab]
Uvular
[–hi, +bk]
Pharyngeal
[+lo]
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Note that lamino-dentals and lamino-alveolars have the same feature definition here (after Gussenhoven &
Jacobs 1998). This is one respect in which the DF treatment of coronal consonants is unsatisfactory.
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