Phonetics, Phonology and Speech Processing

Question 1

Phonemes

Answer 1

part of the phonology of language - defined by a set of distinctive features

Question 2

Phones

Answer 2

the phonetics of a language

Question 3

Predictable sounds

Answer 3

ease of articulation, coarticulation (reason for variability among the same sounds

Question 4

Assimilation rule

Answer 4

Neighbouring segements are made similar for ease of articulation

Question 5

Dissimilation rule

Answer 5

segment becoming more different to another segment; sometimes more easy to articulate

Question 6

Fricative dissimilation rule

Answer 6

following fricative becomes dissimilar to the preceding fricative by becoming a stop (sixth, fifth)

Question 7

Problem of invariance

Answer 7

Same phonemes are realised in different ways

Question 8

Factors in acoustic variance

Answer 8

coarticulation, inter individual differences, intra individual differences

Question 9

General model of speech perception

Answer 9

1. temporary phonetic feature discription
2. matching to stored perceptual units that specific typical features of a phoneme
3. determining the best match

Question 10

Poor receptive vocab reasons

Answer 10

Poor/fluctuating hearing

Deficits in central auditory processing