Exam 1 Flashcards
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IPA
an alphabet in which each sound has one symbol, and each symbol only goes with one sound.
Phoneme
the smallest segment of speech that leads to a meaningful difference between words.
amplitude
force applied to the air to cause the disturbance
frequency
measure of the number of compression cycles the wave completes.
is the amplitude critical to the difference between phonemes?
No! it only changes the loudness.
is the frequency critical to the difference between phonemes?
No! it only changes the pitch.
vocal folds and vocal tract
vocal folds create the sound, vocal tract is a filter to the sound.
formants
the highest amplitude peaks in the frequency spectrum created by the human vocal tract
The McGurk Effect
suggests we fuse audio and visual information during the perception of speech.
articulatory features
property of a phoneme that is related to the way it is produced.
Art. Features of vowels
height and backness
art. features of consonants
place of articulation, manner of articulation, voicing
phonology
the study of patterns of sequences of sounds in language.
three components of the phonological theory
underlying form, rule stored in mind, and surface form.
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