Linguistics 103
Bruce Hayes
UCLA
These spectrograms are nonsense sentences, with several minimal pairs; reading them is a "multiple choice question".
If you want to start out with easier ones, click here.
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Spectrogram #1
This says some combination of
We | sue | the | bowl | to | win | boons |
saw | goal | bin | beans |
Click here for answer and discussion.
This says some combination of
Fuzzy | lags | rebel | rubber | rats |
Fussy | labs | repel | rugger | routes |
Click here for answer and discussion
Spectrogram #3
This says some combination of
The | outer | dill | lames | Roe |
Ider | gill | names | woe |
Click here for answer and discussion
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