The Significance/Function of Phonological Rules in Language

The Significance/Function of Phonological Rules in Language In a language it is often difficult to tell what the phonetic transcription of a sound will be, when not in isolation. That is, the pronunciation of a sound in a word or sentence is influenced by the sounds around it, and thus, may not be the same as our mental phonemic representation. We can determine the proper phonetic transcriptions/representations of these sounds by first applying …

…the meaning we wish to convey."(Fromkin, 2000: 286). In other words, without knowing these rules it would be difficult for us to correctly speak a language. REFERENCES Avery, P., & Elrlich, S. (1997). Teaching American English Pronunciation (6th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fromkin, V., Blair, D., & Collins, P. (2000). An Introduction to Language (4th ed.). Marrickville, NSW: Harcourt. Schramm, A. (2001). Lesson 9.2: Phonological Rules. Retrieved 3/16/2004 from http://www.hamline.edu/personal/aschramm/linguistics2001/9phonrlz.html