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19 Cards in this Set
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acoustic phonetics
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description of speech sounds in terms of physical properties of sounds themselves
-acoustic wave form |
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oronyms
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Ithinkitsaparent
I think it's a parent. I think it's apparent. |
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homonyms
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same spelling
same pronunciation different meaning to stalk a stalk |
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hearing foreign languages
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sounds hella fast, everything runs together
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"same sounds" in continuous speech
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not necessarily the "same", physically different
lean and kneel -l's are diff |
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speed of talking
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10-30 phonemes/second
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DUALITY OF PATTERNING
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meaningless sound units when combined make meaningful units
*only human language |
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articulatory phonetics
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description of speech sounds in terms of way they're produced by vocal organs
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3 dimensions of articulation
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1. air passages
2. articulators 3. places of articulation |
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parts of vocal tract
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lips
tongue alveolar ridge pharynx glottis velum |
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IPA
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Internatl Phonetic Alphabet
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consonants distinguished by...
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1. state of glottis (voiced, voiceless)
2. place of art. (bilabial, etc) 3. manner or art (stop, fric, nasal) |
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vowels distinguished by...
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1. height of tongue in mouth (high/low)
2. frontness or backness 3. position of lips (rounded, not) |
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types of writing systems
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word/logographic
syllabic phonetic |
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word writing system
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chinese- each word gets 1 symbol
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syllabic writing system
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japanese- each syllable gets 1 symbol
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phonetic writing system
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english- each phoneme gets 1 symbol
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non-phonetic nature of English spelling
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1 letter/letter combo may represent different sounds
1 sound can be repped by more than one letter/combo some letters/combos are silent |
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value of orthography
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preserves morpheme ID
differentiation of homonyms 1 writing system for diff dialects |
