Introduction to Russian phonology and word structure

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Introduction to Russian phonology and word
structure

• Ch 9 Assimilation, part 2 Hardness, softness,
• and place of articulation

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QA

• 2. Which consonants are most likely to cause and
  undergo assimilative softening and why does this
  make sense?

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QA

• 2. Which consonants are most likely to cause and
  undergo assimilative softening and why does this
  make sense?
• The dentals and labiodentals are most likely to
  undergo it, and they along with the palatals are
  most likely to cause it. This makes sense because
  sounds at the edges of the mouth are less likely
  to assimilate to the central palate.

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QA

• 3. What can we say about hardness assimilation
  and Russian orthography?

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QA

• 3. What can we say about hardness assimilation
  and Russian orthography?
• Hardness assimilation is always spelled and
  doesnt have to concern us at this point in the
  course

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QA

• 4. Where does assimilation of place of
  articulation occur in Russian? (Hint try to
  think about this in terms of natural classes of
  sounds.)

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QA

• 4. Where does assimilation of place of
  articulation occur in Russian?
• Dental fricatives assimilate to palatals and
  alveopalatals.

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Discussion

• 5. Linguists would call Hamiltons discrepancies
  between spelling and sound (pp. 70-71) instead
  consonant cluster simplifications. Can you
  explain what sort of cluster simplifications we
  see here?

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Even more fun with transcription

• 9. Lets do this on the board