Week Two Flashcards
1
Q
Phonetics/Phonology
A
sounds
2
Q
Morphology
A
word structure
3
Q
Syntax
A
sentence structure
4
Q
Semantics
A
meaning
5
Q
Pragmatics
A
use of language
6
Q
Phoneme
A
smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning
7
Q
Minimal pair
A
a pair of words that differ by only one sound, with different meanings because of this
e.g. pin/bin, sue/zoo
8
Q
What is the focus of phonetics?
A
physical properties of sounds and how they’re pronounced
9
Q
Aspirated consonant
A
adding an extra puff of air to a sounds
10
Q
Un-aspirated
A
not pronounced with a sound of breath
11
Q
what is the focus of phonology?
A
category that a sound fits in
12
Q
how do we make speech sounds?
A
column of air expelled from lungs through vocal tract
13
Q
Air unobstructed =
A
undifferentiated noise
14
Q
air obstructed =
A
a particular sound
