Review of Phonetics Flashcards
1
Q
What are Distinctive Features:
A
They can be: Ex: (+) syllabic or (+) sonorant
2
Q
What is the Onset:
A
0 or > Consonants
3
Q
What is the Rhyme:
A
Nucleus & Coda
4
Q
What is the Coda:
A
0 or > consonants
5
Q
What is the function of a vowel?
A
Nucleus of a syllable
6
Q
what are the 4 parameters to describe a vowels productions?
A
- Tongue Height
- Tongue Position
- Tense or Lax
- lip rounding
7
Q
What acoustic cue do we rely on to perceive vowels?
A
Frequency gap between F1/F2
8
Q
What is a phoneme:
A
smallest unit of sound to distinguish meaning
9
Q
Allophone:
A
Chang in production that doesn’t change meaning of the word
10
Q
What is phonology:
A
use of phonological to combine sounds in language
