chapter 1

Question 1

phonetics

Answer 1

stud y of production & perception of speech sounds

Question 2

phonology

Answer 2

rules governing how speech sounds are organized & combined into syllables, words, & sentences

Question 3

language

Answer 3

refers to the words we use & how we use them to share ideas & get what we want

Question 4

“form” of language

Answer 4

phonology

morphology

syntax

Question 5

“content” of language

Answer 5

semantics

Question 6

“use”of language

Answer 6

pragmatics (etiquette)

Question 7

speech

Answer 7

how we say sounds & words

Question 8

3 components of speech

Answer 8

articulation

voice

fluency

Question 9

articulatory phonetics

Answer 9

branch of phonetics that deals w/ how speech sounds are formed

Question 10

phonological system

Answer 10

inventory of speech sounds & their features

the rules which specify how sounds interact w/ each other

Question 11

vocal tract

Answer 11

divided into oral & nasal tract

Question 12

consonant production

Answer 12

airstream through vocal tract is obstructed in some way

Question 13

vowel production

Answer 13

articulators do not come very close together

passage of air unobstructed

Question 14

suprasegmentals

Answer 14

stress

intonation

duration

Question 15

sentence stress

Answer 15

can be used for contrastive emphasis

MY hat, not HIS hat

Question 16

word stress

Answer 16

can be used to distinguish between a noun & a verb

REcord vs reCORD

Question 17

intonation

Answer 17

change in pitch during a sentence to indicate emotion

formal vs informal
written vs spoken
co-articulaation

Question 18

prosody

Answer 18

rhythm, melody, & intonation of speech

pitch
loudness
tempo
rhythm