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| is the process whereby phonemes take on the phonetic character of neighboring sounds |
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| the transcription of a word that is spoken carefully in isolation |
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the ariculatory process whereby individual phonemes overlap one another due to time constraints and simplicity of production |
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| when two or more words are joined together to form an utterance |
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| important words in a sentence that carry meaning include nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs |
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| is an omission of a phoneme during speech production |
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| is addition of a phoneme to the production of a word during their production |
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| a pause that connects two intonational phrases |
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| less important words, pronouns, articles, prepostions and conjunctions |
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| is the modification of voice/pitch/fundamental frequency; is a suprasegmental feature of speech |
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| the change in fundamental frequency that spans the length of a meaningful utterance (thought gap) |
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| the identity of a phoneme is modified due to a phoneme preceding it |
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| the identity of a phoneme is modified due to a phoneme following it |
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a feature of speech production, such as stress, intonation, and timing, which transcends the phonemic level |
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| the durational aspect of connected speech |
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| the emphasis given to the tonic syllables (also known nuclear accent) |
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| the syllable that receives the greatest pitch change in an intonational phrase |
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| two syllables in the same tone group with no transitional pause between them |
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| a transitional pause between two syllables within the same tone group |
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| added emphasis given to a specific word in a sentence due to the importance of that word in conveying meaning, or due to speaker intent; often found in association with the last word in a declartive utterance |
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| an articulatory process 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, often similar to a mid central vowel |
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