Definitions Quiz 1

Question 1

Phonetician

Answer 1

Understands mechanisms of speech production and perception, and knows how languages use these mech to generate speech

Question 2

Phonology

Answer 2

Description of the systems and patterns of sound that occur in a lang – the sounds and rules of how sounds are combinable in that Lang

Question 3

Phone

Answer 3

A sound in a Lang

Question 4

Phoneme

Answer 4

A sound that distinguishes meaning in a Lang; when two sounds can be used to differ meaning

Question 5

Allophone

Answer 5

Variations on a sound that do not change meaning

Question 6

Monophthong

Answer 6

A single vowel prod by two tongue gesture

Question 7

Diphthong

Answer 7

A single vowel prod by two tongue gestures occurring in rapid succession

Question 8

Rhotic

Answer 8

A vowel preceding an “r” sound that results in a vowel with an “r-coloring”

Question 9

Broad transcription

Answer 9

Transcription that uses a simple set of IPA symbols

Question 10

Narrow trans

Answer 10

Phonetic trans that shows more articulately detail

Question 11

Diacritics

Answer 11

Sm marks added to symbols to modify its value to show more articulately detail

Question 12

Brackets

Answer 12

Used to designate phones or phonetic (non-meaning based) trans [phones]

Question 13

Virgules

Answer 13

Used to designate phonemes or phonemic (Lang-based) trans /phonemes/