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feature theory
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a general approach in cognitive science which hypothesizes formal representations of mental phenomenon.
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feature matrix
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when features are placed in vertical columns enclosed by square brackets
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Category in which where this is absent it results in stops, fricatives, and affricates. Also known as [-obstruent]
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[-sonorant]
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Sonority Hierarchy
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the arrangement of manners of articulation in a hierarchical pattern based on the loudness of sounds. loudest begin vowels, glides, liquids, nasals, and obstruents (in that order)
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What features do vowels have?
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+syllabic, -consonantal, +approximate, +sonorant
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What features do glides have?
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-syllabic, -consonantal, +approximate, +sonorant
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What features do liquids have?
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-syllabic, +consonantal, +approximate, +sonorant
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What features do nasals have?
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-syllabic, -continuant articulatory, +consonantal, -approximant, +sonorant
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what features do obstruents have?
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-syllabic, +consonantal, -continuant articulatory, -approximate, -sonorant
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nucleus
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most sonorous segment
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what is a -continuant?
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when there is a full closure in the oral portion of the vocal tract.
includes stops and affricates |
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what is delayed release?
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stops are -delayed release and affricates are +delayed release
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Kongo Palatalizaton Rule
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[+coronal,-sonorant]--> [+delayed release, -anterior, +distributed, +strident] / ____i
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Advanced Tongue Root
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used to distinguish some african languages, or ones in which vowel harmony occurs
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germinates
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long consonants
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what does +labial
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articulated with lips
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what does +coronal mean?
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articulated with tongue blade and/or tip
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what does +dorsal mean?
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articulated with tongue body
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how are coronal consonants commonly classified?
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with the following features: anterior, distributed, strident, and lateral
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English Schwa Epenthesis Rule
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Insert schwa between two word final stridents
O---> ə/ [+strident]__[+strident] ] word |
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/n / Assimilation Rule
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n-->[place i] /___[-syllabic, place i]
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[voice] means what?
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involving vocal cord vibration, and acoustically as involving the characteristic periodic waveform that results from the vibration
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[+impolsive]
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a sound involving a special articulatory gesture in which the larynx is lowered,
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Final Fricative Devoicing in Indonesian
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[-sonorant, +continuant] ---> [-voice]/______]utterance
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