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| the study of speech emphasizing the description of speech sounds according to their production, transmission, and perceptual features |
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articulatory: production features of speech sounds
acoustic: transmission properties of speechs sounds
auditory: perception of speech sounds |
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| the study of the structure and systematic patterning of sounds in a particular language |
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| the smallest linguistic unit that is able, when combined with other such units, to establish word meanings and distinguish between them |
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| distinctions in speech and language that exist between groups of individuals within a society; neutral label that refers to any variety of language that is shared by a group of speakers |
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Formal: applied primarily to written langauge and most formal spoken language situations, tends to be based on written language and is exemplified in guides of grammar texts
Informal: assessment of member of American English speaking community as they judge the "standardness" of other speakers |
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Vernacular Dialects |
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| those variations of spoken American English that are considered to be outside the continuum of informal Standard English |
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| a pidgin language that has become the mother tongue of a community |
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| system of communication that has grow up among people who do not share a common language but who want to talk to each other |
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