Blog Post #3 - Be a Linguistic Detective!

1. 


IMbalance ; INcompatible ; INcomplete ; INdecent ; INglorious ; INgratitude ; (IL)legal ; (IL)literate ; (IM)mature ; IMperfect ; IMpossible ; (IR)rational ; (IR)responsible ; INsane ;  INtolerant ; INvariable.

Each prefix ( Im -, In -, IL -, Ir - ) has the same meaning.  Some prefixes just sound better depending on the word. for example: ILLEGAL , your changing the meaning Legal into NOT legal but simply adding IL in the beginning of the word. but if you was to change the word to IRLegal , or INlegal , it wouldnt sound right. that's why we use certain prefixes for certain words. 

2.

(A) Bat: V-, alveolar, stop. Book: V-, velar, stop. Cough: V-, labiodental, fricative. Ship: V-, bilabial, stop.


- They all have a voiceless phonemes.


(B) Cab:V+, bilabial, stop. Cave: V+, labiodental, fricative. Lad: V+, stop, alveolar. Rag: V+, velar, stop. Thing: V+, velar, nasal.

- They all have voiced phonemes. 

(C) Bus: V-, alveolar, fricative. Bush: V-, palatal, fricative. Church: V-, palatal, affricative. Judge: V+, palatal, affricative.


- The words are mixed.