Chapters 1 & 2 Flashcards
The study of phonetics makes it possible
Transcribe the speech sounds of any language and transcribe dialectical differences among speakers
Phonetics can be defined as what
The study of the production and perception of speech sounds
A dialect is a variation of speech or language based on what
Ethnic group membership
regional pronunciation
native language background
social group membership
The IPA is what
It is designated to represent the sounds of words and not the spellings
Variation in phonetic practice can occur due to
Personal preference
the fact that some IPAA symbols are more difficult to write than others
the way a student has taught
linguistic theory
Unicode font
The use of code points is one way to insert IPA symbols one typing both Microsoft and Mac platforms have fonts that include Unicode symbols to be inserted in a document
Unicode funds remain stable across platforms and a number of Unicode phonetic funds are available online
every Unicode font contains phonetic symbols
What is an allograph
An allograph is different grapheme sequences or spellings to represent the same sound
What is a digraph
A diagraph that is two or more letters put together that make one sound
What is an allophone
An allophone is the same phoneme representation but different sounds
What do suprasegmentals represent on the IPA chart
The stress and intonation patterns
What is historical phonetics
It involves the study of sound changes in words overtime
What is physiological phonetics
It involves the study of the function of speech organs during the process of speaking
What is acoustic phonetics
It focuses on differences in frequency intensity and duration of various sounds
What is perceptual phonetics
It is the listeners psychoacoustic response of speech sounds in terms of loudness pitch perceived in length and quality
What is experimental phonetics
It is the laboratory study of physiological acoustic and perceptual phonetics
