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| smallest units capable of changing meaning, they are contrastive and not interchangeable |
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| the smallest meaningful unit |
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| rules concerning which segments are used in a syllable and how they are combined |
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| The consonant before the vowel |
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| The Consonant after the vowel |
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| The vowel in the syllable |
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| Nucleous and vowel together |
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| .If more than one consonant occurs together without a vowel in between |
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| The articulators are in a stricture of complete closure with velic closure |
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| The articulators are in a stricture of complete closure with velic opening |
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| The active articulator is held loosely against the passive and the airflow between them alternately blows them apart and pulls them together |
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| The active articulator makes only one contact with the passive resulting in a very rapid stop closure |
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| The articulators are in a stricture of close approximation and the airflow is central |
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| The articulators are in a stricture of close approximation and the airflow is lateral |
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| The articulators are in a stricture of open approximation and the airflow is central |
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| The articulators are in a stricture of open approximation and the airflow is lateral |
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| Vocal folds held together |
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| Vocal folds are held apart |
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| A plosive followed by its homorganic fricative |
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| Anterior part of tongue is flat with even distribution of the airstream |
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| Tongue has a narrow channel down the middle along which the airstream passes |
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Speech sound in which the airstream is particially obstructed, can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable
classified in terms of where and how in the vocal tract the airstream is obstructed |
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Sonorant speech sound with no audiable friction, nucleous of a syllable
classified in terms of the shape of the vocal tract, the height position of the tongue and degree of lip rounding |
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| Interchangable speech segments which although sound different carry the same meaning |
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