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97 Cards in this Set
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Voiceless Bilabial Stop |
P |
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Voiced Bilabial Stop |
P |
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Voiceless Velar Stop |
K |
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Voiced Velar Stop |
g |
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Bilabial Nasal |
M |
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Alveolar Nasal |
N |
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Alveolar Flap |
upside down J |
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Voiceless labiodental fricative |
F |
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Voiced Labiodental fricative |
V |
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Voiceless interdental fricative |
Theta (th) |
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Voiced interdental fricative |
d with cross |
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Voiceless alveolar fricative |
S |
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Voiced alveolar fricative |
Z |
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Voiceless aleveo-palatal fricative |
s^ (sh) |
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Voiced alveo-palatal fricative |
z^ (je) |
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Voiceless alveo-palatal affricate |
c^ (ch) |
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Voiced alevo-palatal affricate |
j^ (ju) |
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Approximate alveolar retro-flex |
R |
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Approximate alveolar lateral |
L |
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Approximate palatal glide |
J |
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Approximate velar glide |
w |
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Nasal Velar |
Nj (ng) |
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Voiced bilabial fricative |
Bj (grimm's law labial) |
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Voiceless glotal fricative |
H |
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Voiceless velar fricative |
X (xs) |
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High front tense |
i (seat) |
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High front lax |
I (sit) |
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Mid front tense |
e (mate) |
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Mid front lax |
Epsilon (met) |
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Low front |
ae (mat) |
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Mid Central lax |
upside down e (shcwa) sun soda |
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Low central |
a |
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High back tense |
u (pool) |
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High back lax |
Big U (put) |
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Mid back tense |
o (moat) |
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Mid back lax |
backwards c (port) |
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Low back |
a (father) |
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Front dipthongs |
eI (late) and Iu (cute) |
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Central Dipthongs |
aI (file) and au (fowl) |
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Back Dipthongs |
OU (loan) and ci (foil) |
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Synthetic Language |
Inflections are the primary indicators of grammatical relationships (Old English) |
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Analytic Language |
Word order and function words are the primary indicators of grammatical relationships (Modern English) |
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Phonology |
The study of sound in a language |
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Morphology |
The study of how a language is formed and the formation of words |
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Syntax |
The arrangement of words in a sentence |
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Morpheme (Bound and free) |
One unit of sound in a language (bound is usually an affix and free is an individual word) |
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Derivation |
Creation of new words by adding affixes to roots |
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Inflection |
Affix expressing grammatical categories of the word |
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Compounding |
The combination of two or more roots to create a new word |
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Periphrastic construction |
Use of function words instead of inflection endings to express grammatical meaning |
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Prescriptive/ descriptive grammar |
Dictates/ forbids speaking as a way of policing what is right and wrong |
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Phoneme |
Distinctive sound of a language |
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Phonetic environment |
Conditions which dictate a change in language |
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Voicing (Voiced vs. voiceless) |
Voiced--> produced when there is vibration in the vocal chords Voiceless--> produced when there is no vibration in the vocal chords |
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Consonant |
Produced with a certain restriction of airflow, usually between vowels |
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Orality |
Sound articulated with the nasal tract closed and the oral tract open |
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Nasality |
Sound articulated with the nasal tract open and the oral tract closed |
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Bilabial |
Sound produced with the upper and lower lip coming together |
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Labiodental |
Sound produced with the lower lip to the upper teeth |
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Interdental |
Sound produced with the tongue between the upper and lower teeth |
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Alveolar |
Tip of the tongue to the alveolar ridge |
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Alveo-palatal |
Sound produced by the tip of the tongue just behind the alveolar ridge |
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Palatal |
Sound produced by bringing the tongue to the hard palate at the roof of the mouth |
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Velar |
Sound produced by bringing the tongue to the soft palate |
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Glottal |
Sound created in the back of the throat |
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Stop |
Consonant sound sound blocking the air flow in the oral and nasal tract |
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Nasal |
Consonant sound produced by closing the oral tract but opening the nasal tract |
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Fricative |
Sound produced by creating friction between the articulators |
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Affricate |
Complete block of air flow followed by a fricative sound |
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Approximate |
Bringing the articulators close but not constricting air flow
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Liquids |
Sub class of approximates (L and r) |
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Glides |
Sub class of approximates, J and W, tongue moves from one place in the mouth to another |
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Dipthongs |
Tongue moves from either a higher point in the mouth to a lower part (or vice versa) to create a vowel sound |
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Stress accent |
Particular volume given to a specific part of a syllable in a word |
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Intonation |
Speech stresses when producing certain sounds in speech patterns, usually distinguishes sentence types |
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Phonographic |
Characteristic of the type of the sound of a language, could be in a particular environment |
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Syllabic alphabet |
Alphabet consisting of only one syllable per letter |
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Sound changes (conditioned and unconditioned) |
The phonetic environment either affects the sound changes of a language (conditioned) or it doesn't (unconditioned) |
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Assimilation |
Sound becomes similar or identical to a particular word |
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Dissimilation |
Sound becomes different to a particular word |
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Metathesis |
Reversal or reordering of two sounds |
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Dipthongization/ Monophthongization |
Creation of diphtong from a monopthong or vice versa |
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Lengethning/ shortening |
Quantitative change |
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Labilization |
Rounding of the lips to change the sound (qualitative) |
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velarization |
Sound produced in the back region of the mouth |
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Palatalization |
Articulation more in the palatal region of the mouth |
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Fricativation |
Stop consonant is changed to a fricative |
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Rhotacism |
Consonant is changed usually from an s into an r |
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Lenition |
Weakening of a consonant sound b/s vowels |
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Vocalization |
Consonant becomes a vowel or semi-vowel (glide) |
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Devoicing |
Loss of vibration in the vocal chords |
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Proto Indo European |
Mother language of all Indo- European languages |
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Proto Language |
Any language that is the father of another group of languages, usually unchanged |
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Proto-Germanic |
Divided into East, West (High and Low) and South |
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Grimm's law |
UNCONDITIONED Sound change in which all consonants shifted for a period of time then STOPPED affected all consonant in PIE b- p- f d- t- theta g-k- h (x when not initial) |
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Verner's Law |
The set of exceptions to Grimm's law involving position of accent in PIE |
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Drag chain/ Push chain |
Sound change leaves gap which allows for another sound change to fill in the gap |