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35 Cards in this Set
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consonantal
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obstruction of vocal tract
ex p z m r |
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syllabic
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can act as syllable peak
ex e u |
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sonorant
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singable (little obstruction of the vocal tract)
ex e m r j |
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continuant
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free or nearly free airflow through the oral cavity
ex e s j |
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delayed release
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tongue leaves roof of mouth slowly
ex tS dz |
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nasal
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velum is lowered
ex mn |
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lateral
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varities of L
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voice
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vocal cords vibrate
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spread glottis
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aspirated
ex p^h t^h |
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constricted glottis
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closed glottis
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labial
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involves one or both lips
u p m f |
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dorsal
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body of tongue involved, high low mid ect
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coronal
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tongue tip or blade raised
t theta n |
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anterior
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articulated in front of alveopalatal region
t theta |
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strident
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noisy ..greater acustic noise
s S dz |
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lexicon
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a speakers mental dictionary, which contains information about he syntactic properties, meaning, andd phonological representation of a languages words.
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word
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smallest free form found in language.
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morpheme
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the smallest unit of language that carries information about meaning or function.
ex books contains of two morphemes book+s |
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allomorph
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variants of a morpheme (eg. s z and ez are allomorphs of the english plural morpheme)
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minimal pair
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two forms with distinct meanings that differ by only one segment found in the same position in each form.
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near minimal pair
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pairs of words that have contrasting segments in nearly identical environments. (ex assure azure)
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complementary distribution
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two or more sounds appear in distinct phonetic environments, with each one never appearing in the other's environment.
conclusion: the sounds are allophones of the same phoneme |
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simple word
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composed of one morpheme
ex table |
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complex word
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composed of more than one morpheme
table+s |
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morpheme
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smallest unit of language that carries information about meaning or function
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bound morpheme
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must be attached to another element
ex s in tables |
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free morpheme
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can forma word by itself, can stand alone
ex table |
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root
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base of a word
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affix
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bound morphemes
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prefix
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before the word
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infix
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inside the word
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suffix
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after the word
ex -ing |
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compounding
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creating a new word by combining two or more existing words.
example fire engine |
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head
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the word that determines the category of the entire word in a compound.
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derivation vs inflection
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derivation creates new words; inflection marks grammatical information on words
ex. table/s is inflec. and act/tive is derivational |
