dynamic

Question 1

heavy syllable

Answer 1

one that contains a long vowel or dipthomg, or a short vowel followed by at least two consonants

Question 2

light syllable

Answer 2

one that contains a short vowel followed by one consonant or no consonants

Question 3

nuclear tone

Answer 3

one of a small number of pitch configurations associated with the nucleus and any following syllables in the intonational phrase

Question 4

lexical tone

Answer 4

the use of a small number of contrasting pitch patterns to distinguish words from one another

Question 5

contour tone language

Answer 5

where at least some of the tones have moving pitch patterns

Question 6

register tone language

Answer 6

a language which uses level tones only

Question 7

The nucleus of an intonational phrase (IP)

Answer 7

the final accented syllable in an IP

Question 8

a feature of speech, such as loudness or voice quality, used to convey speaker attitude rather than linguistic meaning

Answer 8

paralinguistic feature

Question 9

tone unit

Answer 9

tone unit is the minimal unit which can carry intonation. It can be one syllable long, but usually extends over a few syllables.

Question 10

onset

Answer 10

First accented syllable in tone group

Question 11

secondary articulation

Answer 11

an additional feature in the pronunciation of a consonant (besides the actual place of articulation), such as palatalization or lip-rounding

Question 12

4 types of secondary articulation

Answer 12

• labialization
• palatalization
• velarisation
• pharyngealisation

Question 13

autosegmental phonology

Answer 13

an approach to phonetical structure that treats features as potentially independent of one another, rather than part of a feature matrix