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American English Linguistics
American English
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Undergraduate 3
09/14/2017

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diachronic
Definition
Over time
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synchronic
Definition
at one point in time
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sociolinguistics
Definition
social factors and language
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glottis
Definition
the part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the opening between them
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dipthong
Definition
a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable
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monopthong
Definition
a vowel that has a single perceived auditory quality
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larynx
Definition
the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords
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vocal folds
Definition
two folds of mucous membrane stretched across the larynx that vibrate to modulate the air flow from the lungs during speech
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obstruent
Definition
a fricative or plosive speech sound
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sonorant
Definition
a sound produced with the vocal cords so positioned that spontaneous voicing is possible
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glottal stop
Definition
a consonant formed by the audible release of the air stream after complete closure of the glottis
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methathesis
Definition
the transposition of sounds or letters in a word
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mental grammar
Definition
the generative grammar stored in the brain that allows a speaker to produce language that other speakers can understand
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generative grammar
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a type of grammar that describes a language in terms of a set of logical rules formulated so as to be capable of generating the infinite number of possible sentences of that language and providing them with the correct structural description
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