Handouts
- DQ #16 (was not distributed as a handout)
- Homework #5
Today we started by talking more about natural classes, reviewing the definition and the “new” natural classes from last time (obstruent, sonorant, labial, sibilant). We emphasized the fact that the articulatory descriptions and the phonological inventory of a given language are how a natural class is defined. We looked in detail again at the rule for Mokilese vowel devoicing and how to write it in the most general way possible while still being accurate. I mentioned the value of falsifiability and how it relates to writing rules that are maximally general. Then we worked through the Farsi data from the handout from last time. Homework #5, which I passed out today, is due on Monday, Oct 31.