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Phonetics Flashcards

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Phonology

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Study of phonetics

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Logogram

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Looks like the object presented. Eg. Hieroglyphics

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Orphographic

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Level of spelling

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Phonetic/Phonemic

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Level of sound

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Homograph

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Sounds different, but spelt the same Eg. wind, wind (wind your watch)

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Homophone

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Sound the same, but spelt different Eg. piece, peace

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SSBE

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Standard Southern British English

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RP

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Received Pronunciation

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CV structure

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Consonant-Vowel Structure

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Rhotic Speaker

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Pronounce /r/ clearly Eg. RobbeR - Americans

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Non-Rhotic Speaker

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Do not pronounce /r/ sound clearly Eg. British

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12
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Phonetics involves

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Linguistic, paralinguistic, and indexical information

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Linguistic Information

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Language being spoken - Linguistically coded message

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Paralinguistic Information

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Emotion, attitude, level of formality

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Indexical Information (Sociolinguistics)

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Age, gender, social standing, etc

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Alphabetic Writing System

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Uses the alphabet. Eg. English, German, French

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Larynx

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Contains voicebox

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Oesophagus

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To stomach

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Trachea

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To lungs

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Sound modifiers

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Vocal tract - filter
Size and shape of vocal cavity
Nasal cavity

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Active Articulators

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Move in speech production. Eg. Tongue

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Passive Articulators

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Cannot move in speech production Eg. Hard palate

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Phonetic Transcription

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Focuses on sound of each word and assumes that speech can be analysed by a sequence of CV sounds (segments)

Homophones have identical phonetic transcriptions

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Transcription

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Representation of speech as it is spoken

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Monophthong

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Vowel with a single perceived auditory quality

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Dipthtong

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Two vowel sounds

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Triphthong

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Three vowel sounds

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Abducted Vocal Cords

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Parted eg. breathing

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Adducted Vocal Cords

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Closed eg. coughing

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Voiced sound

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Vocal fold vibrates Eg. vowels

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Voiceless sound

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Vocal fold does not vibrate Eg. consonants

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Word Final Devoicing

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Child can only produce voiceless sound originally (consonants)

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POA

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Place of Articulation

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Passive Articulators

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Alveolar Ridge
Hard Palate
Velum
Uvula
Glottis
35
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Bilabial

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Bottom lip -> Top lip

/b/, /p/, /m/

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Labiodental

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Bottom lip -> Top teeth

/f/, /v/

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Dental

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Tongue Tip -> Upper Front Teeth

/θ/ (THin), /ð/ (THis)

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Alveolar

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Tongue tip -> Alveolar Ridge

/d/, /t/, /s/, /z/, /n/, /ɹ/, /I/

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Post-Alveolar

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Tongue tip/blade -> Behind Alveolar Ridge

/s/ (SHush), /ʒ/ (pleaSUre)

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Palatal

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Tongue front -> Hard palate

/j/ (YEs)

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Velar

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Tongue back -> Velum

/k/ (Could), /g/, /ŋ/ (stiNg)

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Glottal

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Vocal folds

/h/, /ʔ/ (uh oh)

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