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University of Florida - LIN 3010 Korean is a “language isolate,” meaning that it is not linguistically related to other languages

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Korean is a “language isolate,” meaning that it is not linguistically related to other languages. It is spoken in Korea. In the following Korean words, you will find the sound [s] and [?], and answer the following questions.

1. List the phonetic environments that [s] and [?] occur in. Use the spaces provided in the table above. The first one is done for you as an example.

2. Are the two sounds separate phonemes, or allophones of the same phoneme?

3. What evidence do you have to support your conclusion in (ii)?