Spoken language terms Flashcards
How many phonemes are there in the english language?
44
How many vowel phonemes are there?
20
How many consonant phonemes are there?
24
Define manner of articulation
How you create the sound
Define place of articulation
where you create the sound
Plosives
Created when the airflow is blocked for a brief time, followed by a sudden release of air.
Some examples of plosives are p, b, m, t, d
Fricatives
created when the airflow is only partially blocked and air moves through the mouth steadily.
Some examples of fricatives are f, s, v, z
Affricatives
combination of both plosives and fricatives.
Some examples of affricatives are ch, sh,
Approximants
Similar sounds to vowels
Some examples of approximants are w, j
Nasals
produced by air moving through the nose.
Some examples are m, n
Expansions
The development of a child’s utterances into a larger and more meaningful form
Recasts
The extending and rephrasing of a child’s utterances
Overextensions
and example
children in their second and third years use words as overextensions. “doggie” for example may be used to refer to a variety of four legged animals as well as to dogs. Another example would be the word “daddy” in reference to all men
The two types of overextension
Rescorla found that there are two types of overextension:
Categorical - in the same category
Analogical - share some quality either physical or functional
Hypernym
A word that is more general and can have a more specific term under it.
For example ‘dog’ is a hypernym while ‘labrador’ is a more specific subordinate term
