LING 201 - Midterm Flashcards
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Spoonerism
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A verbal error in which the speaker transposes the initial sounds of two or more words
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Areas of Theoretical Linguistics
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- Phonetics (articulation and perception of speech sounds)
- Phonology (patterning of speech sounds)
- Morphology (word formation)
- Syntax (sentenxe formation)
- Semantics (interpretation of words and sentences)
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Other Areas of Linguistics
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Phonetics
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Articulatory & Acoustic Phonetics
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IPA
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Late 19th
Applicable to all languages
1-to-1 correspondabce between phone/segment
107 signs, 44 diacritics..
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Articulators
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Lungs
Oral and nasal cavities (lips, tongue, roof of the mouth)
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Larynx
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Two flaps of meat (thyroid carilage/arytenoid cartilages)
Glottis
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Voiced
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Vocal folds are brought together (Bernouilli’s principle)
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Voiceless
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When vocal folds are pulled apart
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Phonation
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Behavior of vocal folds during speech
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Modal voice
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Regular voicing
Vocal folds are vibrating normally
