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Phonology
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scientific study of the sound systems and patterns used to create the sounds ans words of a language
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Language
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a code or system of symbols used to express concepts fromed through exposure and experience
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Phonemes
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smallest units of sound that can affect meaning ex.man and fan
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Allophones
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variations of phonemes, do not change word meanings and although one person's pronunciation can be measurably distinct from anothers person's, listeners still perceive the allophones as being the same
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Phonemic
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abstract system of sounds; ex/s/
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phonetic
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to concrete productions of specific sounds; enclosed in square brackets[], indicating specific sound production by speakers
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phonetics
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derived from phone; refers generically to any sound that can be produced by the vocal tract
Study of speech sounds |
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Phonetics is divided into different categories
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acoustic phonetics
auditory phonetics articulatory/physiological phonetics applied phonetics experimental phonetics descriptive phonetics |
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articulation
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is the study of speech sounds
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International Phonetic Alphabet
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represent spoken sounds with orthographic symbols
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distinctive features
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classification of vowels and consonants. uses a binary system. features are either present + or not-
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diacritical markers
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special symbols used in narrow phonetic transcription
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syllable
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is defined as the smallest phonetic unit; describes as motor units composed of 3 parts (Yavas) onset, nucleus, coda
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manner
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describes degree or type of constriction in the vocal tract
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place
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articulation describes the location of the constriction
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voice
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vocal fold vibration during production of sounds: voiced produced with vibration and voiceless produced without vibration
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Manner of articulation
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nasals - m, n, ng
fricatives- h,sh, s, z, th, f, v, affricates- ch, j stops- p, b, t, d, k, g glides-w, j liquids l, r |
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vowels
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produced with an open vocal tract and voiced; distinctive resonance features are produce by changing the size and shape of the oral cavity
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distinctive features of vowels
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vocalics, voiced, rounded, tense, front and back, high and low, rhotic
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vowel position characterized by 4 dimensions;
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lip position-rounded/unrounded
tense/lax-short/long duration and tension |
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final consonant deletion
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final consonant is omitted
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epenthesis
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schwas vowel is inserted between consonants
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assimilation
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reduplication, regressive assimilation, progressive assimilation, voicing assimilation
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metathesis
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production of sounds in a word reversed order; also known as a spoonerism i.e. likstip/lipstick, pisgeti/spaghetti
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