Allophones Flashcards
What is coarticulation?
Phonetic variation in speech conditioned by the phonological environment
What is articulatory efficiency?
The speaker allows the articulatory properties of the segments to guide pronunciation
What is perceptual redundancy?
The listener can infer the sound before it happens
The nature and position of coarticulation is language ___________
Dependent
What does aspiration sound like?
Vocal folds begin vibrating after stop release
What is an example of aspiration?
[tʰ] as in take
Is [t] aspirated?
No, because the vocal cords begin to vibrate at the same time as the stop release
What is a phoneme?
Underlying representation of sounds
What are the characteristics of a phoneme?
Contrastive, psychological, unpredictable distribution
What is an allophone?
Surface representation of sounds
What are the characteristics of an allophone?
Non-contrastive, predictable distribution, physical
What are the two forms of representation of an allophone?
Underlying and surface
What are the differences between the underlying and the surface form of allophones?
Underlying: phoneme, defined by //
Surface: allophone, defined by [ ]
