chapter 7 Flashcards
citation form
careful pronunciation in isolated speech
connected speech
involves blending words in an utterance
may alter transcription drastically
coarticulation
umbrella term
overlapping of articulators during speech for efficiency
assimilation
phonemes take on the characteristics of neighboring sounds
regressive assimilation
right to left
anticipatory
a later phoneme influences an earlier one
was she –> wajee
progressive assimilation
left to right
preservative
an earlier phoneme influences a later one
dogs –> dogz
elision
involves the omission of phonemes during speech production
exactly – /t/ is elided
camera –“er” is elided
epenthesis
insertion of an additional phoneme during speech
leo –> leeyo
epenthesis psychological constraints
homorganic voiceless stops can be added in nasal fricative sequences
tense – tents
amsterdam – ampsterdam
dialectal variation
certain dialects or idiolects add phonemes to words
tuesday – tyuesday
speech disorders
individuals may insert a schwa into consonant clusters
break – bereak
metathesis
transposition of sounds within a word, often due to slips of the tongue or dialectal variation
ask –aks
external juncture
involves pauses between intonational phrases
internal juncture
pauses or lack of pauses between syllables within the same intonational phrase
open juncture
pause between syllables
I scream
