Scatton's Ant/Lin 322/522 Introduction to Phonology
Spring 2004


Email to scattone@albany.edu

Final Exam Information
There are five questions on this examination. You are to do all of them. Here are general instructions:
  • Word process on 8.5"x11" paper; otherwise used ordinary 8.5"x11" lined paper.
  • Don't leave any answers blank: if you are unable to solve a problem completely, provide in one form or another what you are able to discover.
  • Put your name on everything you plan to hand in.
  • You can make use of any materials that have been used in class or any useful materials you find in the library or elsewhere, but you aren't to consult with anyone else, inside or outside the class.
  • When you are finished, put your solutions and the exam pages in an envelope and slide them under my office door: Arts & Sciences 241.
  • The deadline for turning in your exam is 12 noon, Monday, May 10.
  • If you have any problems or find any typos, please contact me at 609-882-1290 or email to scattone@albany.edu.
  • Check the course website for possible corrections or clarifications
Good luck to everyone. Thank you for taking the course.

Current Assignments

Past Assignments

Problem Sets & Exercises

  1. Problem Set 1
  2. Problem Set 2
  3. Problem Set 3 (Adobe PDF)
  4. Problem Set 4
  5. English words for transcription
  6. Problem Set 5 (Adobe PDF)
  7. Problem set 6: Solution
  8. Problem set 7: Solution
  9. HC, p. 95: solutions
  10. Problem set 8 (Adobe PDF)
  11. Problem set 9 (Adobe PDF)
  12. Problem set 10 (Adobe PDF)

Examinations and quizzes

  1. Exam keys, spring 2004 (Adobe files)
    1. Exam 1
    2. Exam 2
  2. Sample exams:
    1. Hour exam 1 spring 2002
    2. Hour exam 2 spring 2003
    3. Hour exam 2 spring 2002
  3. Quiz keys
    1. Quiz 1
    2. Quiz 2
    3. Quiz 3

Handouts & overheads

  1. Syllabus: Spring 2004 (Adobe Acrobat format)
  2. Sagittal cross-section: the vocal tract
  3. Phonetic Charts
    1. Consonants (Adobe Acrobat format)
    2. Vowels (Adobe Acrobat format)
  4. The Nature of Glides
    1. Constituents of Vowels (Adobe Acrobat format)
    2. Structure of Syllables (Adobe Acrobat format)
    3. Glides
  5. Other Phonetic Details (Adobe Acrobat format)
    1. Aspiration: Voice Onset Time (Adobe Acrobat format)
    2. Vowel Features on Consonants: Palatalized and Velarized Consonants (Russian)
  6. Sample spectra
  7. Some Allophones of American English (Adobe Acrobat format)
  8. Distinctive Features
    1. Feature Inventory (Halle & Clements) (Adobe Acrobat format)
    2. Major Class Features (Adobe Acrobat format)
    3. Manner Features for Consonants (Adobe Acrobat format)
    4. Place Features for Consonants (Adobe Acrobat format)
    5. Supplementary Features for Consonants (Adobe Acrobat format)
    6. Vowel Features (Adobe Acrobat format)
  9. Formal Conventions for Rules I (Adobe Acrobat format)
  10. "Encoding"
  11. Phonological alternatives
  12. Phonemic systems: Japanese, Persian, Korean (Adobe Acrobat format)
  13. Examples: Natural Classes & Distinctive Features (Adobe Acrobat format)
  14. Examples: Rules in Features (Adobe Acrobat format)

Some great web sites for phonetics & phonology:

Materials for my introductory course (Lin 220) (User Name: scattone; Password: easlin)

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