Unit 3 (phonology)

Question 1

Phonology (alternative defenition)

Answer 1

Elements and principles that determine how sound patterns in a language

Question 2

What are the three units that represent speech?

Answer 2

segment, syllable and feature

Question 3

What are the two levels of representation?

Answer 3

Allophones and phonemes

Question 4

Allophone

Answer 4

What is spoken

Question 5

Phoneme

Answer 5

What is thought

Question 6

What are the three different ways sound can be distributed?

Answer 6

Contrastive, Free Variation, Complementary

Question 7

Contrastive

Answer 7

speaker sees two sounds as different. Allophones of separate phonemes. different meanings.

Question 8

Free Variation

Answer 8

two different ways to say the same word. Allophones of same phoneme, doesn’t change the meaning.

Question 9

Complimentary

Answer 9

Sounds do no occur in same environment. predictable. allophones of same phoneme.

Question 10

Wider distribution

Answer 10

the letter/allophone that is more stable