Pg 95-97 Flashcards
two words with only 1 sound difference recognizable to native speakers
minimal pairs
separate phonemes go in
/ / slash bars
How many minimal pairs do you need to prove phonemes?
One Perfect minimal pair
where one phone occurs?
the other does not occur
what is distribution?
is the way of organizing your data so you can see what environments the sounds occur in more easily.
in a distribution
the line is?
and the number sign is?
line is the sound itself
number sign signifies a pause
Both explanation the worded explanation and technical explanation in phonetic symbols say the same thing, but what?
symbolic one is shorter and prehaps more precise.
T/F: Phoneticians follow the principle of economy, which is that the explanation they give will be the most economical possible; they will never use 3 environments to explain variation in pronunciation if 2 environments would be sufficient
True
/x/
represent the phoneme, the family of allophnes (usually the most common or widespread allophone, the one found elsewhere)
line with arrow
is pronounced as
allophones are listed in?
brackets; the one in the most specific or limited environment first
/
in the environment of
after the bar you explain what?
the environment
line indicates what?
position of the allophone relative to other sounds
Allophonic variation tends to occur in certain?
environments in all langauges
