Science of language linguistics

Draw a syntactic tree of the sentence: Simon Biles hit the mat with her feet.
[Please handwrite the syntactic tree and then either scan or photograph the tree, and copy the image into

this word file.]

  1. Consider the word “window.” First, transcribe this word using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
    Next, draw the syllable tree / syllabification for this word.
    [Please handwrite the IPA and the syllable tree and then either scan or photograph the answer, and copy

the image into this word file.]

  1. Consider the word “cake”. First, transcribe as it is pronounced by a typical adult. Second,
    transcribe it as it would be pronounced by a child who exhibited the property of velar fronting that we

discussed in class. [Please handwrite the IPA and then either scan or photograph the answer, and copy

the image into this word file.]