Chapter 15: Sound Systems and Phonological Processes

Question 1

Distinctiveness

Answer 1

The property that makes it possible to distinguish between words.

Question 2

Minimal pairs

Answer 2

Pairs of words that are the same length and differ only in one sound.

Question 3

Phoneme

Answer 3

A meaning-distinguishing speech sound.

Question 4

Allophones

Answer 4

Different variations of the same phoneme.

Question 5

Sound system

Answer 5

The set of all phonemes of a language.

Question 6

Distinctive features

Answer 6

Smaller elements phonemes are built up from.

Question 7

Assimilation

Answer 7

The process in which phonemes are adapted to become not similar to one another.

Question 8

Morphophonology

Answer 8

The subfield of phonology that concerns itself with the description of sound adaptations that occur when morphemes are being chained together.

Question 9

Allomorph

Answer 9

Alternative forms of one single morpheme.

Question 10

Alphabetic

Answer 10

The writing system in which the key principle is that each individual speech sound is represented by a separate letter symbol.

Question 11

Phonology

Answer 11

The sub-discipline of linguistics that looks at the production of sounds and their physical properties.