Allophones of /g/
1.
Consider the following English words containing the phoneme /ɡ/.
[ləɡwun]
[bræɡ]
[iɡər]
[ɡɑn]
[ɡwoʊt]
[g̟æf]
[frɑɡ]
[ɡaʊn]
[ɡloʊ]
[g̟is]
[æŋɡər]
[ɡwɔɪɾər]
[ɡwus]
[g̟eɪt]
[ɡʌɾər]
[ɡreɪd]
a.
List the allophones of /ɡ/.
1. [ ɡw ]
2. [ g̟ ]
3. [ ɡ ]
b.
State in words the environment in which each allophone is found.
1. [ ɡw ] appears before rounded vowels, as in the example of [ɡwoʊt].
2. [ g̟ ] appears before front vowels as in the example of [g̟æf].
3. [ ɡ ] appears initially before consonants and central and back unrounded
vowels, word medially and word finally, as in the example of [frɑɡ] or [bræɡ].
Rounded vowels are [u], [ʊ], [o], [ɔ] and the unrounded vowels are [i], [ɪ], [e], [ɛ], [æ],
[ɑ], [ʌ], [ə].
Front vowels are /iy/, /ɪ/, /ey/, /ɛ/, /æ/.