Phonology Flashcards

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Phonology

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The study of speech sounds

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Phonetics

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The sound of speech is articulated

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Phenome

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The smallest unit of sound

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A non-phonetic language

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Words whose pronunciation and the spelling doesn’t match

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5
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Grapheme

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The smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system

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Syllable

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A single unit of speech of a word

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Monosyllabic

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One syllable

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Polysyllabic

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Multiple syllables

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Vowel

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Open speech sound

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Articulars

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Vocal organs about the larynx that form constant sounds

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Constants

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Speech sound with breath at least obstructed

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12
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IPA

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International Phonetic Alphabet

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13
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Received Pronunciation

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A traditionally associated with a high social status

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Phonetic spelling

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A system of spelling in which each letter represents one spoken sound

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Voiced sounds

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Speech sounds produced with the vocal chords vibrating
(Vowels)

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Unvoiced sounds

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Consonant sounds that are made without vibrating the vocal chords

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17
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Diphthongs

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A sound formed by the combination of two vowels into a single syllable

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18
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Dental

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Tongue placed between the teeth

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19
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Labiodental

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Lips and teeth come together

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20
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Place of Articulation

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an approximate location along the vocal tract where its production occurs

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21
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Great vowel shift

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a massive sound change affecting the long vowels of English during the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries

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22
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Bilabial

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Produced at the lips

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23
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Alveolar

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Tip of the tongue on the alveoli ridge

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Post- alveolar

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Tip of the tongue and roof of the mouth

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Palatal

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The tongue and hard palate

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Velar

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Back of the tongue and velar

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Glottal

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At the glottis (h)

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Complete closure

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Complete closure is made in the oral cavity

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Close approximation

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So close together is made audible friction (fricative)

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Open approximation

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No friction as there’s more open space

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Manner of articulation

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Way the airstream is affected as it flows from the lungs and out the nose and mouth

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Plosive

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Completely obstructed like an explosion, abrupt and quick

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Fricative

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Lesser obstruction causing friction, continuous (s, f)

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Affricates

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Double symbols to show a plosive followed by a fricative

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Nasals

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Produced by air coming out through the nose (m, n, ng)

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Laterals

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Produced at the tip of the tongue

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Approximants

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Property is being midway between consonants and vowels

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Glottal

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Closure of the vocal chords (h)

39
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Prosody

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The patterns of stress and annotations in a language

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Pitch

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A relative high or low in a voice

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Intonation

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The rise and fall of the voice in speech

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Rhythm

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Timing pattern of individual syllables

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Stress

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The prominence of individual syllable

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Non-verbal behaviour

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Such as eye contact and facial expressions

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Paralanguage

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Aspects of an individual’s vocal expression (whispering, laughter and breathiness)

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Linguistic iconicity

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The similarity or analogy between a linguistic sign and its meaning

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Sound symbolism

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Similarity between speech sounds and concept meanings

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Consonance

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A pattern of repeated constant sounds

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Assonance

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A pattern of repeated vowel sounds

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Sibilance

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A pattern of repeated fricative sounds

51
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Lexical onomatopoeia

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Words that have some associated meaning between their sound and what they represent

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Non-lexical onomatopoeia

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Nonetheless are intended to signify some meanings through their sound

53
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The Takate-malama effect

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A cognitive neuroscience phenomenon that links certain language sounds with angular or round shapes

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Hetrophones

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Same spelling but very different pronunciation and meanings

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Homophones

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Pronounced the same but meanings are different