Defective distribution
Defective distribution is the situation where a phoneme in a certain language does not occur in all contexts.
Defective distribution is the situation where a phoneme in a certain language does not occur in all contexts.
Examples
In German, the phoneme /h/ only occurs at the beginning and in the middle of a word, but not at the end.
In Italian, the phoneme /z/ does not occur morpheme- or word–initially.
See also
References
- T Alan Hall: Phonologische Grundbegriffe. (https://home.uni-leipzig.de/schrinner/files/seminar/hall2.pdf)
- Pier Marco Bertinetto, Michele Loporcaro: The sound pattern of Standard Italian, as compared with the varieties spoken in Florence, Milan and Rome
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