Terminology in phonetics Flashcards
What does phonetics mean?
The science behind phonology (the science of sound)
What does phonology mean
phonology is the lingustic disciplince, the study of sounds
What is a phoneme?
An abstract unit, and a common denominator for a number of phonetically segments.
The phoneme is then the smallest lingustic unit that can distinguish between words or utterances
what does aspiration mean?
a puff of air
what is speech?
The noise humans make when she/he is using language orally
What is language?
the system underlying the physical manifestation of speech
What is an allophone?
Variants of a phoneme that are mutally exclusive
What does it mean that allophones are in complemenatry distribution?
That the allophones does not occur in the same position.
What it force of articulation?
What force we use when we articulate a sound
what Is place of articulation?
Where in the mouth we articulate the sound
What is manner of articulation?
How we articulate a sound, whether it is a plosive, an affricate, a fricative or an approximant
What are sibilants?
a collective term for the consonants; s, z, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ ,dʒ
What are plosives?
p, b, t, d, k, g
What are affricates?
tʃ ,dʒ
What are non-sibilants?
f, v, θ,ð, h
