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Phonetics Midterm
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Language - English
Undergraduate 2
10/14/2012

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Morpheme
Definition
The smallest unit of language capable of carrying meaning
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Free Morpheme
Definition
Morphemes that can stand alone and still carry meaning
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Bound Morpheme
Definition
Carry no meaning when the stand alone
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Phoneme
Definition
A speech sound that is capable of differentiating morphemes
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Minimal Pair
Definition
Words that vary by only one phoneme
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Allophones
Definition
Variant pronunciations of a particular phoneme
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Complementary Distribution
Definition
Allophone production that is tied to a particular environment (kid, could)
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Free Variation
Definition
Refers to allophone production that is not tied to a particular phonetic environment (lip, bottle)
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Syllable
Definition
A basic unit of speech production and perception generally consisting of a segment of greatest acoustic energy and segments of lesser energy
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Onset
Definition
The part of a syllable that consists of all the consonants that precede a vowel
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Rhyme
Definition
The part of a syllable that contains the nucleus and coda
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Nucleus
Definition
The part of a syllable with the greatest acoustic energy; usually, but not always, a vowel
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Syllabic Consonants
Definition
Consonants that take on the role of vowels by serving as the nucleus of a syllable
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Coda
Definition
Includes either single consonants or consonant clusters that follow the nucleus of a syllable
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Open Syllable
Definition
Syllables that end in a vowel phoneme
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Closed Syllable
Definition
Syllables that end with a consonant phoneme; have a coda
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Word Stress
Definition
The increased emphasis in the production of one syllable
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Word Class
Definition
Part of speech (i.e. noun, verb, adjective)
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Phonemic/Broad Transcription
Definition
Variant phoneme production is not recorded; uses virgules
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Narrow Transcription
Definition
Allophonic transcription; uses brackets
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Impressionistic Transcription
Definition
Allophonic transcription of an unknown speaker or an unknown language ; uses brackets
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Glottis
Definition
The space between the vocal folds
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Phonation
Definition
The vibration of the vocal folds in creation of a vocal sound
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Abduction
Definition
Apart
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Adduction
Definition
Together
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Fundamental Frequency
Definition
The basic rate of vibration of the vocal folds
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Habitual Pitch
Definition
Inherent voice pitch
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Vocal Tract
Definition
Consists of the pharynx, oral cavity, nasal cavity, and articulators
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Articulation
Definition
The modification of vibrations by the speech organs to produce the individual phonemes of a language
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Labial Sounds
Definition
Phonemes associated with the lips
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Bilabial
Definition
Phonemes produced with both lips
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Labiodental
Definition
Phonemes that involve articulation of the lower lip and the teeth
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Alveolar Ridge
Definition
The bony ridge containing the sockets of the teeth
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Alveolar
Definition
Phonemes produced with the tip of the tongue touching the anterior alveolar ridge
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Hard Palate
Definition
The bony structure located just posterior to the alveolar ridge
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Palatal
Definition
Sounds produced in conjunction with the palate and the tongue
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Velum
Definition
Soft palate; muscular structure located directly posterior to the hard palate
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Velar
Definition
Sounds produced by the articulation of the soft palate with the back of the tongue
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Velopharyngeal Closure
Definition
When the velum is raised and it contacts the back wall of the pharynx, closing off the nasopharynx from the oropharynx
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Oral Phonemes
Definition
Phonemes produced with a raised velum
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Nasal Phonemes
Definition
Phonemes produced while the mouth is close and the velum is lowered
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Glottal
Definition
Sound produced when the airstream from the lungs is forced though the opening between the vocal folds
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Lingual
Definition
Sounds produced with the tongue
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Vowels
Definition
Phonemes that are produced without any appreciable constriction or blockage of air flow in the vocal tract
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Tongue Height
Definition
Refers to how high or low in the oral cavity the tongue is when producing a particular vowel
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Tongue Advancement
Definition
Relates to how far forward or backward in the mouth the tongue is when producing a particular vowel
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Vowel Quadrilateral
Definition
A figure that represents the tongue height and advancement of all vowels
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Monophthongs
Definition
One sound
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Diphthongs
Definition
Two sounds
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Onglide
Definition
The first element of a diphthong
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Offglide
Definition
The second element of a diphthong
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Nasalization
Definition
When vowels take on a nasal quality due to the phonemic environment of a word
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Resonance
Definition
Vibratory properties of any sound producing body
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Rhotic Diphthong/R-Colored Vowel
Definition
A vowel that is perceived as having an "r" quality associated with it
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Consonant
Definition
Sounds produced with vocal tract constrictions that modify the breath stream; generally involves the coming together of two articulators
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Sonorants/Resonant Consonants
Definition
Consonants produced with resonance occurring throughout the entire vocal tract; little constriction; includes the nasals, liquids, and glides;
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Obstruents
Definition
Consonants produced by creating a point of constriction in the oral cavity formed by the articulators; includes stops, fricatives, affricates
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Prevocalic
Definition
Consonants that occur before a vowel in a syllable
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Postvocalic
Definition
Consonants that occur after a vowel in a syllable
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Intervocalic
Definition
Consonants located between two vowels
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Manner of Production
Definition
Refers to the way in which the airstream is modified as it passed though the vocal tract
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Place of Production
Definition
Where in the vocal tract the constriction is located during the production of a particular consonant
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Voicing
Definition
Refers to whether the vocal folds are vibrating during the production of a particular consonant
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Cognates
Definition
Phonemes that differ only in voicing
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Stop
Definition
Produced by completely obstructing the air stream once it enters the oral cavity
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Nasal
Definition
Produced by completely obstructing the airway, lowering the velum, allowing the air stream to flow through the nasal cavity and out the nares
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Fricative
Definition
Produced by forcing the breath stream through a narrow channel or constriction in the vocal tract; articulators do not completely close like in a stop
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Affricate
Definition
Involves a combination of the stop and fricative manner
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Approximants
Definition
The articulators are only approximated during the consonant production
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Glides
Definition
Involve a gliding motion of the articulators
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Liquid
Definition
General term to categorize r and l; not a reference to the way in which these phonemes are produced
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Phonology
Definition
The study of linguistic rules the specify the manner of which phonemes are organized into syllables, words, and sentences
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Morphology
Definition
The study of word meaning and grammatical rules
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Semantics
Definition
Lexicon, vocabulary
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Syntax
Definition
Word order
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Pragmatics
Definition
Language Use
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Articulatory/Physiological Phonetics
Definition
Examines the patterns of speech movements
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Acoustic Phonetics
Definition
Examines waveform properties of speech differences in frequency, intensity & duration
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Experimental Phonetics
Definition
Lab-based research examining acoustic and perceptual phonetics
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Applied Phonetics
Definition
Examines practical applications
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Normative Phonetics
Definition
Establishes norms for acceptable speech
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Clinical Phonetics
Definition
Study and transcription of aberrant speech behaviors
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Diacritic markings
Definition
Symbols used which modify phonetic symbols and indicate differences in pronunciation
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Definition
Symbol system in which any phoneme used in a language has one and only one symbol
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Orthography
Definition
Spelling using alphabet symbols
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Digraph
Definition
Combination of alphabetic symbols that represent one phoneme
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Citation Form
Definition
Word produced carefully as single form in deliberate manner. Keep length of phoneme intact
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Connected speech
Definition
Influenced by coarticulation, speech occurs as continuous flow, not as individual sound segments
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Assimilation processes
Definition
When connected speech affect changes in the “identity” of a phoneme in place, manner or voicing
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Progressive assimilation
Definition
Earlier occurring phoneme affects a phoneme that follows it
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Regressive assimilation
Definition
A later occurring phoneme affects a phoneme that precedes it (man)
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Elision
Definition
Omission of a phoneme during connected speech (friendship)
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Epenthesis
Definition
Addition of a phoneme during connected speech (mingone)
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Developmental epenthesis
Definition
Schwa insertion
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Metathesis
Definition
Transposition of sounds
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Vowel Reduction
Definition
An articulatory proces associated with connected speech whereby the full form of a vowel is produced with less weight due to a more central production in the oral cavity
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Lexical Stress
Definition
Can denote noun vs verb
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Contrastive Stress
Definition
Reflects speakers intent
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Sonorant Peak/Tonic Accent
Definition
The emphasis given the nuclear syllable in an intonational phrase; greatest pitch changes, longer durration, louder
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Intonation
Definition
Modification of voice pitch associated with varying utterance types or the speakers mood
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Falling Intonational Phrases
Definition
A fall in the pitch across a intonational phrase; indicate end of a sentence, used in “wh” questions
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Rising Intonational Phrases
Definition
General rise in pitch; seen in non-wh questions, observed when reciting list of items, observed when speaker is “buying time” to complete thoughts
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Tempo
Definition
Describes the durational aspects of connected speech
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Juncture
Definition
Transitional pauses and breaks between syllables and words in speech production
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External juncture
Definition
Pause that connects two intonational phrases
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Internal Juncture
Definition
Pause within intonational phrase
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Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech
Definition
Features that go beyond individual speech sounds (stress, tempo, juncture)
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