phonology Flashcards
what is phonology
concerned with the sounds of spoken language
what is a consonant
a letter spoken with air restriction through the articulators
what is a vowel
a letter spoken without any restriction of air from articulators
what is a voiced consonant
with tense vocal chords
what is an unvoiced consonant
without tense vocal chords
what is a grapheme
written letters
what is a phoneme
sounds of letters
what is a monophthong
mouth stays in same position
what is a diphthong
mouth changes position throughout speaking the same syllable
what is sound iconicity
the use of sound to present feelings or attitudes through a word e.g. Voldemort
alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds at start
consonance
repletion of consonant sounds within
assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds
sibilance
the repetition of the letter s
