SSD Flashcards
dentalization
tongue approaches upper incisors
often occurs d/t coarticulation
d̪
palatalization
occurs when a sound is produced as a palatal, rather than a nonpalatal
j
velarization
occurs when tongue placement moves in the direction of the velum for palatal sounds
ɣ
lateralization
occurs when air is released laterally on any consonant production other than l
devoicing
not voicing a voiced consonant
total devoicing is marked by its voiceless counterpart
nd
voicing
voicing an unvoiced consonant
total voicing is marked by its voiced counterpart
⌄
aspiration
pʰ
unaspirated
p⁼
unreleased stop plosive
result when closure is maintained, not released
d̚
consonantal
[+/- cons]
distinguish true consonants from vowels & glides
block, redirect, or narrow airflow
consonantal
sonorants [+/-son]
distinguish sounds that allow unimpeded airflow from sounds that block or constrict the airflow
obstruent
[-son]
stops, fricatives, affricates
approximant
[+/-approx]
distinguish sounds that have a constriction in the vocal tract while allowing the frictionless escape of air (eg vowels & non nasal sonorants
major class features
consonantal
sonorant
approximant
nasals, liquids, glides
sonorant
stops, fricatives, affricates
obstruent
vowels and non-nasal sonorants
approximant
true consonants
consonant
phoneme
speech sound that serves to contrast meaning between words in a language (mat vs bat)
allophone
phonetic realizations of a phoneme; sounds that do not change linguistic meaning of morphemes
T/F: fricatives imply stops
TRUE
naturalness
easier to articulate, more common within and/or across languages
markedness
phonetically more complex, less common across languages