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acoustic phonetics
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the branch of phonetics that studies the physical properties of sounds and the nature of the sound waves that they produce
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acquire language
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map the details of a specific language onto an innate universal grammar
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act sequence
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the actual sequence of events in a speech act
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adaptor
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a gesture that facilities the release of body tension
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affect display
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a gesture that conveys emotion
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affix
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a morpheme that attaches to a base (to form new words)
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affricate
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the combination of a stop followed by a fricative
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allokine
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a variant form of a morpheme
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allophones
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variant forms of phonemens; members of a group of sounds that together form a single phoneme
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alphabetic writing
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a system in which graphic signs represent individual consonants and vowels
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alveolar
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a sound modified with the tip of the tongue and the alveolar (gum) ridge
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alveopalatal
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a sound modified with the tip of the tongue behind the alveolar (gum) ridge
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American Usage System
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a set of phonetic symbols that can easily be typed; developed by Kenneth Pike and used by many American linguistic anthropologists
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Anthropology
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The study of humans in all times and places; a holistic, comparitive, and feildwork-based discipline, anthropology seeks to understand differences and to discover similarities in human behaviour
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approximant
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a sound in which there is only a small amount of of obstruction in the air flow
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arbitrariness
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a design feature of language referring to the fact that there is no necessary or causal connection between a signal and its meaning
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articulated
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for sounds, characterized by being modified in the vocal tract
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articulatory phonetics
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the branch of phonetics that studies how speech sounds are produced
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assimilation
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the phonetic process in which the point (or manner) of articulation of a sound changes so it is closer to that of a neighboring sound
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auditory phonetics
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the branch of phnetics that studies how sounds are percieved
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awareness
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in rich point analysis, the recognition that different expectations have caused a rich point to occur
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base
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- a morpheme to which an affix can be attached; a base can be either a root or a stem, and it serves as a foundation for building other words
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behaviourist theories
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applied to language learning, theories that children need to hear language from others around them (stimulus) and to recieve praise (positive feedback) from parents and/or caretakers in order to develop their linguistic abilities
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billabal
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a sound modified with two lips
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bioprogram
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an innate grammar, thought by some guide children in constructing creole languages from pidgins
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blending
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mixing two signals to form a new one
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bound morpheme
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a morpheme that must be attached to another morpheme
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morpheme
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the smallest unit of meaning in a language
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broadcast transmission and directional reception
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a design feature of language referring to the sending out of sounds in all directions and the perception of the direction from which sounds are coming
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Broca's area
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the area in the frontal region of the left cerebral hemisphere named for Paul Broca, who first located it and proposed its connection with language
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