Chapter 3a Flashcards
A shared system of symbols that can be spoken, written, or signed and used for communication and thought
Language
Our ability to relate meaning to the human voice; the oral expression of language
Speech
The smallest unit of sounds that can be recognized as being distinct from other sounds within the word
Phoneme
Variations in production of the same phoneme
Allophones
When we WRITE, we use
26 graphemes (letters)- consonants and vowels
When we SPEAK, we use about
40 phonemes (sounds)- consonants and vowels
We use the Tradition Alphabet to
write words
We use the International Phonetic Alphabet to
transcribe speech
Consonants include (3)
- Place
- Manner
- Voicing
WHERE sounds are produced in the vocal tract- the location of the constriction
Place
HOW sounds are produced in the vocal tract- the type of constriction and how the breath stream is managed
Manner
Presence of absence of vocal fold vibration
Voicing
Vowels include (2)
- Tongue Height (high, mid, low)
2. Tongue Position (front, central, back)
Place (7)
- Bilabial Sounds
- Labiodental
- Linguadental
- Lingua-alveolar
- Lingua-palatal
- Lingua-velar
- Glottal
Bilabial Sounds
- Two lips
- sounds p, b, m, w
Labiodental
- lips and teeth
- sounds f, v
Linguadental
- tongue and teeth
- sounds both TH (+V) and (-v)
Lingua-alveolar
- tongue and alveolar ridge
- sounds t, d, s, z, n, l
Lingua-palatal
- tongue against hard palate
- sounds sh, zh, ch, j, y, r
Lingua-velar
- back of tongue to soft palate (velum)
- sounds k, g, ng
Glottal
- forcing air through vocal folds
- sounds h