Chapter 3 Language and speech Flashcards
What does speech refer too?
The noise a person makes when she is using it orally
what is a phoneme`?
A phoneme can distinguish between diffrent words:
pin-bin
what is the definition of a phoneme?
the smallest linguistic unit that can distinguish between words and utterances
what are allophones?
variants of a phoneme that are mutally exclusive
what is the definition of an allophone?
a contextual variant of a phoneme. Diffrent allophones do not change the meaning of a word or an utterance.
What is another word for force of articulation?
fortis/lenis
what is meant by place of articulation?
for example: alvolar, bilabial
what i s meant by manner of articulation?
for example: stop or fricative
what is meant by aspirated
puff of air, (aspiration=
what are the sibilants?
s,z, s, 3, ts,d3
what are the sonorants?
nasals, laterals, approximants
what are the stops
the affricates and p, b, t, d, k, g
what are the fricatives?
the sibilants and the non-sibilants
