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Phonology test
Phonology test
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Grammar
Undergraduate 4
12/11/2011

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Term
Phoneme
Definition
smallest unit of a word:
'c' in cat, 'h' in hat, 'f' in fat, 'm' in mat.
Term
Grapheme
Definition
The letters of the alphabet
Term
Digraphs
Definition
Two graphemes= one phoneme
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Allophones
Definition
a single phoneme that is pronounced differently depending on its surroundings
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Minimal pairs
Definition
They have one phoneme different. Pat- pad, tap- tab, pick-tick, leaf-leave
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Phonological Awareness
Definition
Ability to discern the structure of word sounds- syllables and phonemes
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Phonemic Awareness
Definition
Ability to discern specific sounds of spoken language and connect them to graphemes.
Term
3 components of pronunciation:
Definition
1. The physical ability to articulate sounds, where to place your tongue and lips!
2. Stress, both in individual words and in sentences
3. The pitch and music used to change the stress (falling or rising)
Term
What is an articulation point?
Definition
Each point at which the air stream can be modified to produce a different sound is called a place of articulation.
Term
What is the fancy name for lips?
Definition
bilabial, labiodental(lips and teeth)
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Fancy name for teeth
Definition
Dental
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What is the fancy name and where is you alveolar ridge?
Definition
Alveolar and it is right above your teeth
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What is the fancy name for your hard plate and where is it?
Definition
Palatal and it is the roof of your mouth
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What is the fancy name for your velum and what is a velum?
Definition
Velar and it is behind your palatal, the roof of your mouth in the back.- the soft part
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What is the fancy name for uvula and where is it?
Definition
Uvular- and it is way way back in your mouth where your mouth and nasal cavity meet. past the velar
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What is the fancy name for a pharynx sound and where is it?
Definition
Pharangeal- in your throat. Not quite to your neck, but right around where your chin and neck meet. If you're roadtripping from your uvular to your larynx, you're going to take a bathroom stop in your pharangeal.
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What is the fancy name for your glottis sounds and where is it?
Definition
Glottal- way back in your throat- protects food from windpipe, maybe? It's just back there. Hanging out. Chilling in your throat. Go big or go glottis.
Term
Manners of articulation: What is a stop
Definition
p-t-k you stop the air
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Manners of articulation: What is a stop
Definition
p-t-k you stop the air
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Manners of Articulation- tell me about Fricatives
Definition
Fricatives: f-v- it almost launches off of your mouth
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Manners of Articulation- affricatives
Definition
ch-j you almost chew the sounds ch ch ch Chelsea!
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Manners of Articulation- nasals
Definition
m-n- makes yours nose tickle. mmmmmm Christmas cookies. nnnnnn no, I will not fail this test!
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Manners of Articulation- liquids
Definition
l-r- they flow right out of your mouth and could keep going forever. It's like a waterfall of sound in your mouth. Arrr- you arrre a lllovellly llady or llama.
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Manners of articulation- glides
Definition
ay- wei- they kind of start in one place of your mouth and move somewhere else. They like to take up space and use your whole mouth. Selfish sounds. Ow! My neighbor gawked at my naughty boy! That sentence makes no sense. But you had to glide!
Term
What is the phoneme that is a circle with a line through the top?
Definition
Think, both- unvoiced th
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What is the phoneme that looks like a d with a mark on the top?
Definition
this-mother- voiced th. Back some voice into that th.
Term
What sound does the IPA symbol "j" make?
Definition
yyyyyellow! Yyyes!
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what sound does the phoneme t and a really long weird s make?
Definition
ch like check or church or Chelsea is awesome.
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What does the IPA sign of a d and a weird 3 make?
Definition
jjjjust larggge. You chomp on that sound!
Term
What phoneme makes the urn, learn, turn, burn sound?
Definition
3:r
Term
What sound does the weird a pointing left make?
Definition
arm- father- ah ah are you my father?
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What sound does the I make?
Definition
hit, sit, "I hit my foot, oh ___" (I'll let you fill in the I blank)
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What sound does i make?
Definition
ee! like see, heat, eel, eat, beat, teet. Not so sure on that last one.
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What sound does au (but pretend that's the funny u) make?
Definition
ow, like in out, now, cow, loud, proud- ow.
Term
What is the different between the funny horshoe u and a regular u?
Definition
regular u- blue food, "Don't need to toot your own horn!"

Horseshoe funny-looking u: put, ut, could,
Term
what is a shwa!
Definition
an upsidedown e, silly goose! What sound does it make, you might ask? uh I uh don't uh know uh go away to the cinema you big futz! (I don't know what a futz is and I apologize if it's offensive)
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What sound does a funny looking a that is pointed RIGHT make?
Definition
hot rock but NOT caught
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What sound does a backwards c make?
Definition
caught! And maybe four- but no one knows why. Ask Elizabeth- it's her favorite.
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What sound does ai make?
Definition
Five. Eye. Hi. Bye. Tie your own tie!
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What sound does a backwards c and i make? "ci" (only backwards)
Definition
Boy! Don't I want to join your toy coin collection!
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What sound does a horseshoe 'u', upsidedown e and tiny r make? uer (only all sorts of messed up)
Definition
pure, tour, lure,
Term
When a mommy "n" and a daddy "j" get together and form one phoneme- what sound do they make?
Definition
ng! and the little phoneme looks like a combination of its mom and dad.
Term
How do you make an "x" sound?
Definition
Why you push k and s together and they become friends and get some kicks on route 66!
Term
Shhh I am in the library and want to make a shhh sound. what do I do?
Definition
Stretch an s out so it looks like a long egyptian squiggle.
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What sound does an upsidedown v make?
Definition
cup luck, uck!
Term
An e walks into a bar, he sees a shwa, then a tiny r, what does he say? (eer) only upsidedown in the middle)
Definition
Where is my air! I have a tear in my lair. Oh where is my hairbrush...
Term
If a z gets a piggy back ride from a 3 and makes a weird Harry-potter-scar meets a 3 symbol what sound does it make?
Definition
pleasure, vision- like a z only so much more!Its got some depth in it. (because a 'z' makes zoo or lazy)
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