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Morphophonemics and stress adjustment
PARSER: NOUN GROUP (NUMBER = SINGULAR)
PARSER: PRISCILLA
PARSER: NOUN (NUMBER = SINGULAR)
PARSER: VERB GROUP (SINGULAR = TRUE) (PLURAL = TRUE)
PARSER: NOTED
PARSER: VERB (SINGULAR = TRUE) (PLURAL = TRUE)
PARSER: =>
PARSER: NOTE [ROOT] :
PARSER: 1NOAT (VERB, NOUN)
PARSER: ED [INFLECTIONAL VOCALIC SUFFIX]
PARSER: D (VERB, PAST PARTICIPLE)
PARSER: NOUN GROUP (NUMBER = SINGULAR)
PARSER: THE
PARSER: ARTICLE (DEFINITE = TRUE)
PARSER: =>
PARSER: THE [ABSOLUTE] :
PARSER: 1TH_* (ARTICLE)
PARSER: HOUSEBOAT'S
PARSER: NOUN (POSSESSIVE = TRUE)
PARSER: =>
PARSER: HOUSE [ROOT] :
PARSER: 1HAUS (NOUN)
PARSER: 1HAUZ (VERB)
PARSER: BOAT [ROOT] :
PARSER: 1BOMT (NQUN)
PARSER: S [INFLECTIONAL NONVOCALIC SUFFIX]
PARSER: IZ (CONTRACTION, NOUN)
PARSER: REFLECTION
PARSER: NOUN (NUMBER = SINGULAR)
PARSER: =>
PARSER: REFLECT [ROOT] :
PARSER: RI-1FLEKT (VERB)
PARSER: ION (DERIVATIONAL VOCALIC SUFFIX] :
PARSER: *N (NOUN)
PARSER: UNCLASSIFIED
PARSER: .
PARSER: END PUNCTUATION MARK
SOUNDl: PP RR "IH - SS 'IH LL - AX
SOUND1l: NN OW TT * - IH DD
SOUND1l: DH AH
SOUND1l: HH 'AW SS * - BB "OW TT * SS
SOUND1: RR IH - FF LL 'EH KK SH * - AX NN
SOUND1: .
Figure 5-1: Input to and output from SOUNDI1
tion shown in the output is a result of the letter-to-sound and lexical stress applica-
tion which will be described in the next chapter.
In the lexicon, the pronunciation of the “past” morpheme is given as DD.
This is the pronunciation used following all voiced segments except pD. The first
morph in noted is note. Its last segment is TT which is one of the two segments
requiring the special pronunciation 1H DD or 1X DD. In the output of SOUNDI,
the DD has been converted to IH DD.
Observing the lexical information for the word house, we see that there are
two homographs. The pronunciation given first, ends in unvoiced ss: this is the
nominal pronunciation. The second pronunciation, on the following line, ends in
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