Key Terms Flashcards
Acoustic phonetics
The study of the physical properties of speech and aims to analyse wave signals that occur
Articulatory phonetics
Looks at how sounds of speech are made with the organs of the vocal tract
Auditory phonetics
Investigates the processes of underlying human speech perception
Communication
Exchanging information with someone verbal or none verbal
Descriptive rules
How language is actually used and observed
Grammar
Rules of langage in terms of sounds, words and sentences
Morphology
The study of words, how they’re formed and their relationship to other words in the same language
Phonetics
Branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds
Phonology
Small units of speech sounds that can be heard to make words
Pragmatic
The study of practical aspects of human action and thought interpretation
Prospective rules
A set of rules about how people think language should be used
Semantics
The meaning of a word, phrase or text
Speech
The expression of thoughts through articulating sounds
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences in a language
Language
A complex system of conventional symbols used for thought and communication
