CHAPTER 2: Linguistic Phonetics

Question 1

SPEECH

Answer 1

A pattern of movements of the speech organs AND a pattern of acoustic vibrations.

Question 2

DIALECTS

Answer 2

They are the same language but have differences in pronunciations, vocabulary or grammar.

Question 3

IDIOLECT

Answer 3

Is determined by our speech community, regional background, social class, and individual factors and experiences. It is what distinguishes us as individuals.

Question 4

MORPHEME

Answer 4

The minimal unit of meaning. The smallest unit of language that carries semantic interpretation.

• Can be stems, endings for plurals and verb tenses, suffixes and prefixes.
• Each word has 1 morpheme.
• Morphemes do not have to be words, they can be “ing”, “ed”, and the plural s.