LING210

Task 1.Russian has two ‘ah’-vowels, the back vowel [A] (which we have in English) and also the central [a]. e two sounds are in complementary distribution. e words below illustrate their distribution. e sound [ë] is a velarized version of [l]. at is, [ë] is like [l] except that in addition that back of the tongue is pulled back towards the velum. For the purpose of this assignment, treat [ë] as having the same articulatory properties as [l] p

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