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15 Cards in this Set
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Phonetics
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All communicaion systems have a medium through which signal is sent...spoken language=sound...phonetics studies the medium..(acoustic properties of sound wave, how sound waves get created, how sound waves are interpreted)
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Phonology
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Studies the regularities/rules about how sounds are allowed to combine in a specific language
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Two guiding principles of IPA
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1. There should be a separate symbol for each sound.
2. If the same sound is used in several languages, the same sound should be used |
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Vowels with closure
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Vowels are produced with no closure in the vocal tract
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Consonants with closure
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Consonants are produced with some sort of closure or constriction in the vocal tract
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3 features of consonants
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Voicing
Place Manner |
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Voicing (consonants)
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What the vocal folds are doing
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The larynx with voicing
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is one of the main sources of sound during speech...it consists of a set of connected cartilages and the vocal folds..the vocal folds vibrate when they are brought close together (adducted) and there is sufficient airflow
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Voiced and voiceless
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Voiced: vocal cords adducted, and hence vibrate
Voiceless: vocal fold abducted, and hence do no vibrate |
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Place of articulation (consonants)
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Where the constriction is made in the vocal tract
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Manner of articulation (consonants)
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How the constriction is made
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Vowel features in English
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Backness (of tongue)
Height (of tongue) Rounding (of lips) Tense/lax (long/short) |
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Backness features (vowel)
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back, front, central
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Height features (vowel)
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high, low, mid
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Rounding features (vowel)
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rounded, unrounded
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