Midterm 1

Question 1

Phonology

Answer 1

systems and patterns of speech sounds in a language

Question 2

phonology cont.

Answer 2

concerned with the abstract or mental aspect of the sounds in language rather than with the actual physical articulation of speech sounds.

Question 3

what are phonemes?

Answer 3

sound type; distinction of sounds/phonemes in a language

Question 4

give an example of phoneme

Answer 4

f vs v

Question 5

what is natural classes?

Answer 5

when 2 sounds share the same feature they are in the same class

Question 6

phones/allophones

Answer 6

different ways of pronouncing a phoneme/ variations of 1 sound type

Question 7

example of allophones

Answer 7

tar and butter

Question 8

phonotactics

Answer 8

permitted arrangement of sounds/ may rules ang arrangement!! log is pwede but vog is not

Question 9

coarticulation effects

Answer 9

this is when americans eat what they say lol basically some sounds are not pronounced may nagbabago

Question 10

what are 3 coarticulation effects

Answer 10

assimilation, nasalization, elision

Question 11

what is assimilation

Answer 11

making sound segment similar to the next one = have to - hafta

Question 12

what is assimilation

Answer 12

making sound segment similar to the next one = have to - hafta

Question 13

nasalization

Answer 13

giving a nasal quality??

Question 14

elision

Answer 14

leaving out a sound segment - camera to camra