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8 Cards in this Set
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Aspiration
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the puff of air
ex. "pit" |
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allophones
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variant pronunciations of a phoneme
ex. little |
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phoneme
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a speech sound that is capable of differentiating morphemes.
for. example. "look" becomes "book" when you change one phoneme. The phoneme differentiates the 2 morphemes "look" and "book" |
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Aspiration
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the puff of air
ex. "pit" |
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allophones
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variant pronunciations of a phoneme
ex. little "L" |
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phoneme
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a speech sound that is capable of differentiating morphemes.
for. example. "look" becomes "book" when you change one phoneme. The phoneme differentiates the 2 morphemes "look" and "book" |
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complimentary distribution
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refers to allophone production that is tied to a particular phonetic environment
ex. "L" in lip or ball ex. "G" in get and got |
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free variation
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allophones that depend on the speaker's individual production of the word
ex. keep can be pronounced with a hard aspirated "p" or a swallowed p, depending how the speaker expresses it. |
