Phonological Development Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
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What is Phonology
A
study of how sounds are used within a language
2
Q
What is Semantics?
A
study of meaning
3
Q
What is Syntax?
A
study of word order
4
Q
What is Morphology?
A
study of words and word formation
5
Q
What is Inflectional morphology?
A
concerned with changes to a word that DO NOT alter its underlying meaning
6
Q
What is Derivational morphology?
A
concerned with changes to a word that alters its underlying meaning
7
Q
What is Phonetics?
A
study of raw sounds
8
Q
What is Pragmatics?
A
study of language use
9
Q
What is the segmentation problem?
A
When an infant’s speech is continuous not segmented into words.
10
Q
What does a lack of invariance mean?
A
Different auditory signals should be perceived as the same sound
11
Q
What is speaker variability?
A
When each speaker sounds a bit different
