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12/13/2010

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Phonological analysis
Definition
Studying the sounds within the system.
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Phonetic analysis
Definition
Studying the sounds without much regard to the languages or dialects in which they occur.
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Complementary distribution
Definition
The two allophones can never change places.
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Assimilation
Definition
How the features of sounds change under the influence of the other sounds that occur with them.
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Phonotactic rules
Definition
The rules that determine which sounds combine with other sounds in a language.
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[s] -> [sh]- long s
Definition
palatalization
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Homonyms
Definition
Words with different meanings that are pronounced the same.
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Omission/ deletion
Definition
The most common omission in child speech is reduction of consonants in a sequence (cluster reduction)
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Final consonant deletion
Definition
Deletion of final consonants
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Substitution
Definition
Replacement- a sound replaced by another
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Vowelization
Definition
Replacement of the liquid by a vowel
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Deaffication
Definition
an affricate sound is replaced by a non-affricate sound.
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Affrication
Definition
A non-affricate sound is replaced by an affricate sound.
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Palatalization
Definition
A non-palatal sound becomes palatal
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Depalatalization
Definition
A palatal sound becomes non-palatal. [sh] -> [s]
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Voicing
Definition
a voicless sound is voiced.
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Devoicing
Definition
A voiced sound becomes voiceless
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Centralization
Definition
front or back vowels become central vowel.
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Tensing
Definition
[I] -> [i]
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epenthesis
Definition
Additional phonemes are inserted in words
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Metathesis
Definition
The position of two adjacent phonemes is switched.
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Regressive (right to left)
Definition
A phoneme is modified due to a phoneme following it.
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Progressive (left to right)
Definition
a phoneme is modified due to a phoneme preceding it.
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Broad transcription
Definition
/ / phoneme level
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Narrow transcription
Definition
[ ] allophonic level
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Suprasegmentals
Definition
Above Phonemes
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Emphasis
Definition
Changes in pitch, loudness, and duration. Usually higher in pitch lounder, and longer duration
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Accent
Definition
Differences in pronunciation, the result of dialect or foreign language influence
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Word-level stress
Definition
Part of words' pronunciation
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Wh-questions
Definition
Information asking- primary stress on wh-word, falling pitch to the last syllable.
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Yes-no question
Definition
Rising pitch
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Intonation
Definition
A standard intonation contour
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Phone
Definition
Any sound that can be produced by the human vocal tract.
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Phoneme
Definition
A sound that makes a difference in meaning
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Allophone
Definition
A variant form of a phoneme.
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Minimal pairs
Definition
A pair of words that differ only in one sound
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Graph
Definition
A letter (any letter)
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Grapheme
Definition
A graph used in the alphabet of a particular language
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Allograph
Definition
A variation of grapheme A vs. a, B vs. b
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Morpheme
Definition
the smallest unit of meaning.
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Bound morphemes
Definition
prefixes, suffixes
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Free morphemes
Definition
stand alone
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Allomorph
Definition
A variant of a morphemem ex. cats, churches, dogs.
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Complementary distribution
Definition
two sounds can never occur in the same position in words. ex. /p/ pie top
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Aspirated sounds
Definition
Sounds produced with a puff of air
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Free variation
Definition
Two sounds can occur in the same position in a word without changing its meaning
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Dialects
Definition
A variation of a language that may result from isolation of one form or another
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Dialects
Definition
A variation of a language that may result from isolation of one form or another
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Register
Definition
Styles of speech adjusted to the perceived needs of the listener. Ex. child register, adult register, formal vs. informal
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Accents
Definition
The result of liguistic transfer, the influence that one's native language has on the way we speak his/her second language.
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Obstuents
Definition
Stops, fricatives, afficates
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Sonorants
Definition
Vowels, glides, liquids, nasals
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Stridents
Definition
/f, v, s, z, long s, zg, ch, dg/
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Non-Stridents
Definition
/voiced th, voiceless th, h/
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Sibilants
Definition
/s, z, long s, zg/
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Approximants
Definition
glides and liquids /w, j, r, l/
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Voice Onset Time
Definition
The time following the release of the stop consonant and the beginning of normal voicing
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Onglides
Definition
Approaching to a vowel, before a vowel, in the syllable- initial position. /j/ and /w/
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Offglides
Definition
from a vowel to terminate syllables- in the syllable- final position
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Distinctive features
Definition
A set of universal phonetic features that may be used to analyze the sounds in all the languages of the world
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Coronal
Definition
When the blade of the tongue is raised from its neurtral position. Dental alveolar, palatal
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Anterior
Definition
When consonants are produced with an obstruction located anterior to that necessary for the production of /long s/. labials, dentals, alveolars
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Continuant
Definition
made with incomplete constriction so that the airflow is not blocked. Fricatives, liquids, glides
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Reduced vowel
Definition
Schwa and /I/
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