Phonology Flashcards
1
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What is phonology?
A
Study of sound patterns and their meanings
2
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Phoneme
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Smallest abstract unit of sound that can distinguish one word from another
3
Q
Allophone
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Different sound of the same phoneme in different words
e.g “t” sound in “hit”, “tip”, “little”
4
Q
The actual realization of phoneme in speech?
A
The sound
5
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N. S Trubetzkoy
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“Principles of Phonology”
Theory based on the notion of distinctive features on the basis of which the phoneme create opposition with one another
