Phonology Flashcards
1
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Prosodic features
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Stress, rhythm, pitch, tempo - are used by speakers to make out meanings in a message.
2
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Elision
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Sluring sounds. E.g gonna, wanna
3
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G dropping
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Dropping the /g/ sound of the end of words. E.g “goin”
4
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Glottalisation
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Dropping the /t/ sound in words and swig a gas of air instead.
5
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Received pronunciation
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Instantly recognisable accent often described as “typically British”.
6
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Distinctive features
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Analysing speech found as a certain number on loff elements.
7
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Nuclear tones
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Significant change in pitch an one with more syllables. E.g rose, fall, knife
8
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Epenthetis
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Padding out the syllable but adding extra vowels or canitations.
9
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Mute
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A letter that is not pronounced. E.g “h” in phone.
