1. A phonetics question: the instructions indicate that [c] is a palatal stop. What is a palatal stop: where do you find a palatal stop in English? Try to make one.
2. Look at #2 above. Does the Squeak word [mat] rhyme with its English translation 'fat'? How do you know?
2. What is the status of [m] and [b] in the data?… Are they allophones of the same phoneme or different phonemes? Explain.
3. What is the status of [t] and [c] in the data?… Are they allophones of the same phoneme or different phonemes? Explain.
5. What is the status of [a] and [u]. Are they allophones of the same phoneme or different phonemes? Explain.
6. What is the maximum syllable in Squeak?
7. What natural class of sounds can be found in the coda of a squeak syllable?
8. Some of the words in the data contain a suffix. Explain. Is the suffix derivational or inflectional? What does it mean?
9. If you add the suffix to #10 in the data above, what is the form of the resulting word and what does it (most likely) mean?)
10. If you add this suffix to #1 above, what is the form of the resulting word and what does it (most likely) mean?
11. If you remove this suffix from #8 in the data above, what is the resulting word? What is its form and what does it (most likely) mean?
12. What is the status of [k] and [t]. Are they allophones of the same phoneme or different phonemes? Explain. If you cannot find a minimal pair or a pattern of distribution, is there anything you can do, in this case, to clarify their status?