Question

This book’s “epilogue and prologue” sketches a theory of markedness, trading plus or minus for u or m to address its “inadequacy.” This text’s 4 parts gradually elaborate an ordered list of productive rules, such as opposing nuclear and compound stress assignment, which speakers apply unconsciously in a transformational cycle. This book posits “oy” as the only underlying diphthong, (-5[1])explaining pairs like (*) divine/divinity with trisyllabic laxing and long–short vowel alternation, in an outdated, fully synchronic account of one language. This 1968 book popularized “X arrow Y slash environment” notation (10[1])and adopted its dedicatee Jakobson’s binary distinctive features. After analyzing Russian in a similarly-titled monograph, (10[1])Morris Halle (“HAL-ee”) co-authored this book (-5[1])with another MIT linguist. (-5[3])For 10 points, (-5[1])what landmark work of descriptive (-5[1])phonology (-5[2])formalizes Chomsky’s native (-5[1])language in a generative grammar framework? ■END■ (10[2]0[12])

ANSWER: The Sound Pattern of English [or SPE]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1527%0%67%113.25

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan HoltzmanLisan al-QuibNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)58-5
Caleb KendrickWe Need New NamesBHSU B8810
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!10310
Rob CarsonPunished "Venom" BHSUsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone108-5
Dylan MinarikAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team112-5
Jonathan ShaufMindgoblin of Little HobbesThe Jeam Team112-5
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMThe Empire Bikes Back112-5
Vincent DuA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceThe Dyatlov Passement incident115-5
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: AThe Oldest Men in the World120-5
Matt Laferwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy121-5
Ethan AshbrookGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see121-5
Charles HangLes MissourablesgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet124-5
Amogh KulkarniAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago1310
Victor PavaoLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH1310
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret1310
Kevin WanggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetLes Missourables1310
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamMindgoblin of Little Hobbes1310
Sky HongNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)Lisan al-Quib1310
Adam Finesticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zonePunished "Venom" BHSU13110
Jerry VinokurovThe Oldest Men in the WorldRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A1310
Gareth ThorlaksonThe Empire Bikes BackLMM's LLM MLM13110
John MarvinThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer1310
Anderson WangI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown1310
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)1310
Colin Stewartvar merchantsNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)1310
Fierro GreyNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)var merchants1310