Chapters 1, 2 (2 not complete)

Question 1

Graphemes

Answer 1

printed letters in a word (regular, not phonetics)

printed alphabet letter used in the representation of an allograph

Question 2

Allograph

Answer 2

Differing letter sequences that represent the same phoneme (ex: hEEt, kEy, rEEd

Question 3

Phoneme

Answer 3

speech sound capable of differentiating morphemes

Ex: Morpheme “book” change phoneme “p” to “l” and book becomes “look”. A change in phoneme will always change the meaning of the morpheme.

allophones occur when we pronounce the same phoneme differently, such as the two l’s in the word little.

Question 4

Allophone

Answer 4

variant production of a phoneme

Members of a phoneme family

Question 5

Morpheme

Answer 5

smallest unit of language capable of carrying meaning

Question 6

Free vs Bound Morphemes

Answer 6

Free morphemes carry meaning on their own; Bound morphemes only carry meaning when attached to another morpheme.

Question 7

Minimal Pairs

Answer 7

Words that vary by only one phoneme, NOT grapheme

Sound, not letter

Question 8

syllable

Answer 8

smallest unit of speech production

Question 9

onset of syllable

Answer 9

onset: all the consonants that precede a vowel , ex spl in split, tr in tried, f in fast

Question 10

Rhyme of syllable:

Answer 10

Rhyme: divided into two components, nucleus and coda
nucleus is typically a vowel, ex i in split, ie in tried, a in fast
coda follows the nucleus, usually a single consonant or consonant cluster, ex t in split and d in tried, st in fast

Question 11

Syllable structure tree

Answer 11

Breaks words down into onset and rhyme, and breaks rhyme down in nucleus and coda

Question 12

Closed Syllable

Answer 12

Syllable with a coda (ends with a consonant phoneme)

ex: captive, corn, suave, chalicek

Question 13

Open Syllable

Answer 13

Syllables that end with a vowel phoneme (no coda) ex: he, bow, allow, daily