Phonology

gestures, or marks that are put together according to certain rules, resulting in meanings that are intelligible to all who share that language”. (Haviland, Prins, McBride, & Walrath, 2014) Tonal language was taught while learning the alphabet and phonology applied to each letter. Morphology and morphemes were introduced to me as I learned to read. Then the syntax were shown to me; which helped to develop my writing system; at the end of this process the result was knowing how to use proper…

With a vast background in coursework related to articulation and phonology, I feel that phonetic transcription is strength of mine. The one downside to this portion of the analysis was the quality of the recording. Live transcription is ideal, but it is not always possible. When listening to the recording, it was sometimes…

Linguistics Self-Profile Step II Prior to taking English 370, I had never studied the English language in the way of linguistics. With this being said, I had little knowledge of how the language works and how I speak the language personally. Before this class and as a native speaker of the English language and growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I believed I spoke perfect American English with no accent. By taking this course, I learned many things about the language, but also myself of a…

Silent Letters in English: How to Read Words Your pronunciation is the representation of how good you know the language. In English, pronunciation is the basis for advanced language knowledge though even native speakers may have some problems with the correct articulation. The English language has a rather complicated phonological system that creates multiple problems for those who study it. One letter does not always represent one sound. Sometimes, one letter is involved into a morpheme that…

Section A: Introduction Over the past years, I have looked for ways to help students achieve literacy goals in order for them to succeed in second grade and on. Mertler (2014) helped me guide my action research by collecting the information using the guide questions he provided. My dilemma since I started working as a teacher over seven years was helping struggling readers and writers master their syllables. According to the state standards, students are expected to know the letters and its…

Considering that both American and Australian English are the same language, it might seem very strange how different the 2 dialects are. Both derive from British English, and are largely similar. Yet, there’s no denying that there are some very obvious differences. It can be said that the main reason is due to the fact that Australian English (as with other varieties, such as New Zealand English) have had less time to come into its own form as compared to America English. Hence, while…

As we discussed phonological acquisition in bilingual children by reading Tessier chapter 5, and Vihman 2016, I became more curious about bilingual children’s phonological acquisition and its acquisition process. As the discussion of whether the bilingual children have two separate phonological system at the begging or not has been a big question in the study, I wanted to have further reading on that topic. This paper, “Phonological Acquisition in in Bilingual Spanish-English speaking children”…

distorted by background noise. Matthew’s ability in these areas was assessed through the use of two subtests on the WJ-IV COG. The first subtest, Phonological Processing, is used to measure the depth and breadth of word access and retrieval via phonology. This subtest has three different components. On the first part, word access, he was required to provide a word that has a specific phonemic element in a specific location. On the second part, word fluency, Matthew was asked to name as…

1. Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to provide a succinct overview of the grammatical and phonological properties of Jordanian Arabic, expanding on the topics discussed within paper 2. More specifically, through the use of data collected in four separate interviews with a bilingual Arabic native speaker, this paper will make hypotheses pertaining to the underlying syntax affecting the language’s construction and the phonological parameters present. 2. Syntax, continued: In paper 2,…

Linguistics is the study of language and how it is used. The main disciplines involved in this research is phonetics; phonology; morphology; syntax and semantics. There are three different ways of forming morphologically complex words in English: inflection (dog-dogs, call-called), derivation (drink-drinkable) and compounding (sunglasses) (Bozix, Marslen-Wilson). This essay will focus on two of the morphological processes, inflection and derivation, and the similarities and differences between…