quiz #5 Flashcards
Carefully pronouncing a word as a single item
citation form
Joining two or more words together in the creation of an utterance, often losing or changing some phonemes in order to speak more efficiently.
connected speech
The overlapping of the articulators during speech production which allows us to maintain the rapidity of connected speech and makes connected speech easier to produce.
coarticulation
Process whereby phonemes take on the phonetic character of neighboring sounds.
assimilation
when the identity of a phoneme is modified due to a phoneme preceding it.
progressive assimilation
when the identity of a phoneme is modified due to a phoneme following it
regressive assimilation
A non assimilatory process in which we omit phonemes during speech production.
elision
the addition of a phoneme to the production of a word
epenthesis
Transposition of sounds in a word (saying /æks/ instead of /æsk/)
metathesis
When the full form of a vowel becomes more like the mid-central vowel when spoken in connected speech.
vowel reduction
suprasegmental aspects of speech
stress, timing, and intonation
describes the duration of speech, like pauses or how long it takes to say each sound
timing
The modification of voice pitch that lets listeners know what type of utterance is being spoken
intonation
different emphasis on the syllables in a word or the words in a sentence
stress
________ pitch is seen in complete statements or commands and indicate the end of the nonemotional utterance
falling
________ pitch is seen with questions and incomplete thoughts, uncertainty of the speaker, or yes/no questions
rising
the durational aspect of connected speech. Each phoneme has a certain duration and that can be altered based on how they are joined together and what context it’s in
ex: /æ/ in “batch” is shorter than /æ/ in “badge”
tempo
describes the way in which syllables and words are linked together in connected speech
juncture
term given to a pause that connects 2 intonational phrases
external juncture
when there is a pause between syllables of a phrase (“I- scream”)
Open juncture
when there is no pause between syllables of a phrase (“ice cream” transcribed /aɪskrim/)
close juncture
added emphasis given to a specific word in a sentence due to the importance of that word in conveying meaning or due to speaker intent.
sentence stress
words conveying important information in the sentence
content words
usual content word parts of speech
nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
