phonology language level

Question 1

phonemes

Answer 1

smallest unit of sound

Question 2

diphthong

Answer 2

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another

Question 3

prosodic features

Answer 3

the melody that is created by our voices.
intonation:the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
stress: when a syllable or word has an emphasis

Question 4

glottal stops

Answer 4

the sound of an absence. example: wa’er instead of water

Question 5

accents, including RP

Answer 5

how people sound depending on their region
RP- no accent/ royal pronunciation

Question 6

alliteration (fricative; dental; lateral; aspirant; sibilant; plosive; nasal; guttural)

Answer 6

aspirant- breathy sounds like the h in hat
fricative-vibration in the vocal chords eg f or v
dental- use of teeth/tongue eg d or t
lateral- consonant sounds are made by releasing air past the sides of the tongue whilst making a block in the middle
sibilant-hissing sound eg s
plosive-English pronunciation contains 6 plosive phonemes: /p,b,t,d,k,g/: The sounds /b,d,g/ are voiced; they are pronounced with vibration in the vocal cords.
nasal-/n/, /m/, and /ng/
guttural-Guttural sounds are harsh sounds that are produced at the back of a person’s throat.

Question 7

onomatopoeia

Answer 7

words mimic a sound eg CRASH, BANG

Question 8

assonance

Answer 8

resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels