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segment
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discrete unit of speech that can be further divided into Cs and Vs
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suprasegmentals
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properties such as stress, tone, and intonation that can apply to a STRING of Vs and Cs
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Consonant
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sound that involves the constriction of the vocal tract
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Vowel
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sound that has NO constriction of the vocal tract
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monophthong
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a simple vowel sound. only one sound is made
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diphthong
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series of two vowel sounds together that form one
5: ai (bite), aupsilon (bout, brown), ƆI (boy, rejoice), oupsilon (boat, grow), ei (bait, great) |
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phonetic alphabet consists of...
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27 consonants
4 syllabic consonants 10 monophthongs 5 diphthongs |
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ʔ
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glottal stop ( uh-oh)
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Θ
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theta (three, teeth)
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ʃ
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esh (shy, mission, nation)
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ſ
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flap (butter, clutter)
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dƺ
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jellow, judge, region
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tʃ
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choke, match
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ɳ
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engma (lung, think, ankle)
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j
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lowercase j (you, feud, use)
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ƺ
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yogh (azure, vision, decision)
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ẉ
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voiceless w (which, where)
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eth
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the, their, either
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syllabic m
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possum, Adam, chasm
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syllabic n
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botton, chicken, lesson
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syllabic l
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little, signle, simple
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syllabic ᴚ
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singer, ladder, burp
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articulation
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motion or positioning of some part of the vocal tract with respect to another position on the vocal tract in production of speech sound
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3 aspects of articulation
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voiced or voiceless
place of articulation manner of articulation |
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3 parts of human speech production
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vocal tract
larynx subglottal |
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bilabial
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consonants made by bringing lips together
5 sounds: [p],[b],[m],[w],[ẉ] |
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labiodental
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lower lip against upper front teeth
2 sounds: [f], [v] |
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interdentals
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tip of tongue between teeth
2 sounds: [eth], [Θ] |
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alveolar
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tongue touches alveolar ridge
7 sounds: [t], [d], [s], [z], [n], [l], [ᴚ] |
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palatal
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tounge touches 'hard palate' behind alveolar
5 sounds: [ʃ], [dƺ], [j], [ƺ], [tʃ] |
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velar
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tounge touches 'soft palate, or velum behind hard palate
3 sounds: [k], [g], [ɳ] |
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glottal
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sounds produced at larynx
2 sounds: [h], [ʔ] |
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manner of articulation
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how the airstream is modified by the vocal tract to produce sound
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stops
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complete airway obstruction
6 sounds: [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g] |
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fricatives
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near complete obstruction of vocal tract
8 sounds: [f],[v],[eth],[s],[z], [ƺ], [Θ], [ʃ] |
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affricates
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briefly stopping airstream and then releasing so noise is made
2 sounds: [dƺ], [tʃ] |
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nasals
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lowering velum and opening nasal passage
3 sounds: [m], [n], [ɳ] |
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liquids
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constriction of tract without blocking
[l], [ᴚ] |
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glides
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closed just enough to prevent vowel sound [w], [j], [ẉ]
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flap
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a quicker stop
[ſ] |
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Vowels
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function as syllable nuclei
no constriction of voice tract |
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4 ways to shape vowels
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tongue height
tongue advancement rounding of lips tense or lax vowels |
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high tongue height
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[i],[I],[u],[upsilon]
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mid tongue height
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[ɛ], [ə] [ɔ] [Ʌ]
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low tongue height
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[a], [ᴂ]
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front tongue advancement
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[i], [I], [ᴂ], [ɛ]
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central tongue advancement
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[ə], [Ʌ]
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back tongue advancement
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[upsilon], [u], [a], [ɔ]
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rounded vowels
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[ɔ], [upsilon], [u]
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tense vowels
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[i], [u] (more extreme position of tongue)
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[i]
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high front tense vowel
we, beat |
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[I]
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high front lax vowel
bit, injury |
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[ɛ]
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mid front vowel
bet, guest |
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[ᴂ]
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ash - low front vowel
bat, rally |
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[u]
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high back rounded tense vowel
boot, who, duty |
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[upsilon]
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high back rounded vowel
put, foot |
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[ɔ]
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mid back rounded vowel
bought, caught |
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[a]
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script a - low back vowel
pot, honor |
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[Ʌ]
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wedge - mid central vowel
but, tough, oven |
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[ə]
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schwa insertion - mid central vowel
sofa, amoung |
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prescriptive grammar
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grammar how it is supposed to be spoken
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descriptive grammar
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grammar how it is actually spoken
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suprasegmental features
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aspects of speech that invovle more htan single consonants and vowels
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stress
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syllable pronounced with a great amount of energy.
higher in pitch, louder, and longer |
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length
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suprasegmental feature that can be phonemic in some languages (change meaning of word)
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pitch
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rate of vibration of vocal cords (how high or low your voice sounds)
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tone
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pitch variation over a syllable. in some languages this alone can change meaning
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intonation
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pitch variation over a sentence
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minimal pair
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a pair of words whose pronunciations differ by exactly one sound, and have different meanings.
minimal pair = allophones of different phonemes -->contrastive distribution |
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phoneme
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class of speech sounds that seem to be variants of the same sound
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allophone
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each member of a phoneme
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natural classes
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sounds that have the same manner and place of articulation
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sibilants
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consonants that end in sounds that have a high pitched hissing sound quality
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obstruents
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produced with an obstructed of the airflow
ex. stops, fricatives and affricates |
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sonorants
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produced with a relatively open passage for airflow
nasals, liquids, glides, and vowels |
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assimilation
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cause a sound to become more like a neighboring sound.
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insertion
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cause a segment not present at the phonemic level to be added to the phonetic form of a word
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deletion
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eliminates a sound that was present at the phonemic level
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metathesis
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change the order of sounds to make it easier to pronounce and understand
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strengthening
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makes sounds sound stronger (aspirating)
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weakening
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causes sound to become weaker (flapping
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