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Phonetics
Exam 1
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Speech-Language Pathology
Undergraduate 3
02/27/2013

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Meta Phonology
Definition
reflecting on and understanding aspects of phonetics/phonology
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Phonotactics
Definition
rules of a language specifying where sounds can occur and how sounds can be combined in that language
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Phonological Rule
Definition
A formal way of showing a sound change
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Orthography
Definition
the spelling and writing system of a language
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Morpho Phonological Rule
Definition
rule such as how to pronounce past tense morphemes
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Allophone
Definition
one of the sound variants/alternates within a "sound family"
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consonants
Definition
sounds that are produced by a partially or completely constricted vocal tract
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Singleton
Definition
Consonant surrounded by vowels/diphthongs/ or silence
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Clusters
Definition
Two or mor contiguous/juxtaposed consonants in the same syllable
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Sequence
Definition
Two or more contiguous consonants including those that cross syllable boundaries
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Vowel
Definition
Speech sounds produced with an unobstructed vocal tract
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Affricate
Definition
consonant that begins as a stop; released as a fricative
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Homophone
Definition
words that sound the same but have different meaning
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Morpheme
Definition
The smallest unit of a language that carries a semantic interpretation
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Phonemes
Definition
part of a "group/family" of similar speech sounds that are perceived within a language as the same
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Phone
Definition
andy sound that can be produced by the human vocal tract
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Grapheme
Definition
written or printed letter
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Diphthong
Definition
Two vowels produced consecutively in the same syllable by moving the articulators smoothly fromt the position of one to the other so that they form one phoneme
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Syllables
Definition
smallest unit of speech production - requires vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant
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Minimal Pairs
Definition
words that differ by one phoneme
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Cognates
Definition
Pairs of sounds that differ by voicing
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Diacritics
Definition
Specialized markings that indicate modifications/variations in productions/pronunciations
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Definition
one symbols for each different speech sound in all of the world's languages
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