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Kerfelec Part Flashcards

1
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Phonology

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The study of the sound of a specific language

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2
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<b></b>

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Letter

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3
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/b/

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Sound phoneme
(Phonemic transcription)

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4
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[b]

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Sound allophone
(Phonetics transcription)

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5
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Air is blocked and suddenly burst out ex /d/ /t/ /b/

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Plosive

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Air partially blocked and escape trough the narrow place/h/ /s/ /f/

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Fricative

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7
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Start as plosive and ends as fricative ex: ts(tch) dź

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Affricate

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8
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Air escapes through nose, and soft palate lowered ex : /m/ /n/ /ñ/

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Nasals

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9
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Tongue blocks the way, air goes around ex: /l/

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Laterals

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10
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Articulatiors are close but don’t touch , nothing blocks the air ex: /r/ /w/ /j/

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Approximants

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11
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Ancient Egypt

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Logographies : words and sentences

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12
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Japanese

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Syllabaries : syllables

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13
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Chinese

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Logosyllabic: words and syllables

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14
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French - english

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Sound symbols

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15
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Arabic

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Abjads Consonants

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16
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Hindi

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Abugida: consonants and vowels sequences

17
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IPA

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International phonetic alphabet

18
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Minimal pair

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2 words sounding similar but for one sound ex: rot lot

19
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Minimal set

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Distinguish a word from another by one letter ex: man-mean

20
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Sound or letter between two vowels
Ex: be’tt’er - se’p’ara’t’ion

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Intervocalic

21
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Allophones

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Various changes that don’t change the meaning (accent, age…)

22
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Phoneme

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Distinct unit of the sound of a specific language

23
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Descriptive label

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How were vibrations ex:
/p/ is a voiceless bilabial plosive

24
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Lax vs tense vowel

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[ı] ->ae [i]-> ii :
Sit seat
Fit feet

25
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OLD transformation rule

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<o> followed by : /lk/ /ld/ or /ll/
Ex: old, folk, cold, poll
</o>

26
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ALL BALD transformation rule

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<a> followed by /lt/ /lk/ /ld/ /ll/
Ex: talk walk tall</a>

27
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CAKE RULE

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Vowel +consonant+ vowel pronounced as diphtongs ex: FACE
OR tense value ex : l[i]ve or g[i]ve

28
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SIT STILL rule

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Any vowel except shwa is followed by 2 consonant (except <r>) is pronounced as a lax value ex: still, cup..</r>

29
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ASK/BATH words

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Words were <a> should be pronounced /ae/ but it’s pronounced /a:/ ex: ask , aunt, basket, past, path, disaster…</a>

30
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Manners of articulation

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Obstruant or sonorant

31
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Places of articulation 8

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Bilabial,labiodental,dental,alveolar,
palatoalveolar,palatin,velar,glottal

32
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Ordre de descriptive label

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1-VOICED OR VOICELESS
2-Places of articulation
3-Manners of articulation

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