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1
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What is phonology?

A

The study of sounds

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What are phonetics?

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How the sound sounds

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What is a Phoneme?

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Individual speech sounds to make up words
eg, En-ga-li-sh

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What is a homophone?

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Words that are pronounced the same but have different spellings.

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What is a heterophone?

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Words that have the same spelling but different meanings and pronunciation

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What are articulatory phonetics?

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How we pronounce words

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What is a consonant?

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Sound that restricts airflow
(all apart from vowels)

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What are vowels?

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Sound that doesn’t restrict airflow
(a, e, i, o ,u)

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What letter is a lateral consonant?

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L

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10
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What 2 letters are nasal consonants?

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N and M

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What 4 letters are frictive consonants?

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f, s, v, z

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What 6 letters are plosive consonants?

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b, d, p, t, k, g

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What is a diphthong?

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A sound made by combining two vowels

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What is a schwa

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‘Uh’

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15
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What are prosodics?

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Stress and tone in the voice

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What are the 5 prosodic features?

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Stressing words
Changing pitch and innotation
Volume
Speed
Pausing

17
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What is sound symbolism?

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Vocal sounds that carry meaning in random ways

18
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What is sound iconicity?

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Matching a sound to a meaning

19
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What is a consonance?

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Repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line

20
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What is an assonance?

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Repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line

21
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What is sibilance?

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Repetition of ‘s’ sound in a line
(sound not s letter)

22
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What is Lexical onomatopoeia?

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A clear association between the sound of a word and the meaning of it
eg. sludge

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What is non-lexical onomatopoeia?

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‘non-words’ where their sounds are intended to signify a meaning
eg ‘grr’ angry

24
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What is a pun?

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Creating humour through using words that sound alike but have different meanings

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