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37 Cards in this Set
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What is Epenthesis? |
Inserting a segment between 2 other segments |
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What is Lenition? |
Weakening a segment, to make it easier to pronounce. Also Reduction of unstressed vowels to a schwa. Can also be outright deletion of segments |
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What is Fortition? |
Strengthening segments in order to make them easier to hear |
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What is Dissimilation? |
A segment becomes less similar to a nearby segment |
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What is Metathesis? |
Changes the order of segments |
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What consonants are voiceless stops? |
P,T,K |
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What consonants are voiceless fricatives? |
f,s,h,θ,ʃ |
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What consonants are voiceless affricatives |
t,ʃ |
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What consonants are voiced stops? |
b,d,g |
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What consonants are voiced fricatives? |
v,z,ð,ʒ |
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What consonants are voiced affricatives? |
dʒ |
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What are the lexical categories of words? |
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition |
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What are the abbreviations for the lexical categories? |
N, V, Ad, Adj, PP |
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What are the Non-lexical/functional categories of words? |
Determiner, Degree, Auxillery, Conjunction |
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What are the abbreviations for the Non-lexical/functional categories of words? |
Det, Deg, Aux, Con |
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What is the basic Phrase Structure Blueprint? |
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Can a phrase be made up of only a head? |
Yes |
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What does TP stand for? |
Tense Phrase |
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Does every sentence include both a noun phrase(subject) and verb phrase(predicate)?
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Yes |
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How to do the substitution test? |
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How to do the Movement test? |
Spelling error:(Constitutes Should be Constituents) |
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How to do the Coordination test? |
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What is the deep structure? |
Elements combine according to X' schema to create the basic structure called Deep Structure (DS) (A statement not a question) |
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What is the surface structure? |
Constructions that can be created through movement/transformation to create the final/spoken/written form called the Surface Structure (SS) (a question not a statement) |
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What would the DS look like for the sentence 'Should those guys leave?' |
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What would the SS look like for the sentence 'Should those guys leave?' |
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What would the DS look like for the sentence 'Which Languages Can Jerry Speak?' |
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What would the SS look like for the sentence 'Which Languages Can Jerry Speak?' |
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What are some of the ways you can identify a Passive Sentence? |
1. Acted on at the beginning of the sentence 2. 'By' Phrase 3. 'Be' auxillery before the main verb 4. Past Particable Verb |
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What are the Nasal consonants? |
M,N,ɳ |
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Name all of the places of articulation used in English |
Bilabial, Labiodental, (Inter)dental, Alveolar, Alveopalatal/Postalveolar, Palatal, Velar |
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What is Vowel Height? |
Corrosponds to the distance from the tongue to the roof of the mouth. High vowels are closer to the roof of the mouth and Low vowels are farther away |
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What is Vowel Frontness? |
Corrosponds to how far forward or back the center of the tongue is. |
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What is Pitch? |
How High or Low a sound is |
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Define Intonation |
Overall pattern of pitch variation over the course of an utterance; can be used to change the interpretation of a sentence |
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What is a Minimal pair? |
A pair of words that differ in only one sound Ex. Fat and Vat |
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What is a Morpheme? |
The smallest unit that carries meaning |
