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Linguistics Exam 2
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Undergraduate 1
10/06/2012

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narrow phonetic writing
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listening carefully and taking note of many different qualities of sounds to create detailed and comprehensive phonetic writing
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broad phonetic writing
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phonetic writing that isn't super detailed
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noncontrastive
Definition
phonetic characteristics whose presence is determined by neighboring phones or by the individuality of the speaker, so they cannot make a difference of linguistic meaning
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phonemic
Definition
contrastive characteristics
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allophone
Definition
separate phones of a phoneme
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phoneme
Definition
set of phonetically similar noncontrastive phones
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noncontrastive distribution
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allophones are in noncontrastive distribution
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complementary distribution
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when allophones are not found in the same situation
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free variation
Definition
overlapping distribution
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oral vowel
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oral vowel
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nasal vowel
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nasal vowel
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tap
Definition
tap the top of mouth with tongue to make Spanish r
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trill
Definition
tongue roll
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phonemic writing
Definition
writing which systematically lacks the noncontrastive or nonphonemic details, is written between slashes
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voiceless aspirated
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little h added for the puff of air that sometimes follows a voiceless stop
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aspirated
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little puff of air
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unaspirated
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no little puff of air
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minimal pair
Definition
pairs of words that differ just by one phone
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rule
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POOP
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allophonic rule
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rule for allophone distribution
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letter
Definition
units of our writing system
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derivation
Definition
application of allophonic rules to derive pronuncations
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contrastive
Definition
characteristics of phones that are not required by neighboring phones, meaning they can distinguish meaning
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nonphonetic
Definition
noncontrastive characteristics
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