Unit 1 Flashcards
communication
the process of sharing information between individuals
speech
expression of thought in spoken words. speech is oral, verbal communication
language
a complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that issued in various modes for thought and communication
articulation
the motor production of speech
fluency
the flow of speaking including rate, rhythm and effort
voice
vocal quality, pitch, loudness and resonance
phonology
the sound system of language, including ruled that govern its spoken form (can be hard to learn in a new language) (a language component)
the study of the sound system of a language, examines the sound units of that particular language, how these sounds are arranged, the systematic organization and rule system
morphology
the system that governs the structure of words and construction of word forms (a language component)
syntax
the system governing the order and combination of words to form sentences, and the relationships among the elements within a sentence (a language component)
semantics
the system that governs the meanings of words and sentences (a language component)
pragmatics
the system that combines the other language components in functional and socially appropriate communication
communication disorders
impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts including verbal, nonverbal, and graphic symbols (hearing, speech, language)
hearing disorder
difficulties in detection, recognition, discrimination, comprehension, and perception of auditory information
speech disorder
impairment of the articulation of speech sounds, fluency and/or voice
occurs when mistakes continue past a certain age
language disorder
impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written and/or other systems. the disorder may involve (1) the form of language (phonology, morphology, syntax), (2) the content of language (semantics), and/or (3) the function of language in communication (pragmatics) in any combination
articulation disorder
is the atypical production of speech sounds characterized by substitutions, omissions, additions and distortions that may interfere with speech intelligibility.
phonological disorder
is the impaired comprehension of the sound system of a language and the rules that govern the sound combinations (involves patterns of sound errors)
Phonetics
“The study of speech sounds, their production and acoustic properties, and the written symbols that represent them.”
Vowels
Open sounds
Voiced
Acoustically more intense
More sonority (loudness)
Consonants
Constricted sounds
Voiced or voiceless
Acoustically less intense
Less sonority
Vowel Classification
Portion of tongue involved ◦ (front, central or back)
Tongue position relative to palate ◦ (high, mid or low)
Lip retraction vs. rounding Tense vs. lax
◦ (degree of muscular activity and length of vowel) Monophthongs vs. diphthongs
◦ (pure vowels vs. quick gliding of 2 simple vowels so that they can’t be perceptually separated)
Consonant Classification
Active articulator
Place (where)
Manner (how)
Voiced (vocal folds vibrate) or voiceless
Active articulator
◦ lip, tongue, glottis
Place (where)
◦ lip, teeth, alveolar ridge, palate, velum,
glottis
Manner (how)
◦ Stops, fricatives, affricates, nasals, glides, liquids
Voice
Stop
complete closure of the vocal tract at some point
Fricative
narrow constriction of the articulators with audible noise
articulatory phonetics,
which deals with the categorization and classification of the production features of speech sounds
Nasal
sound which resonates in oral and nasal cavity (velum is lowered)
Affricate
a stop which slowly releases into a fricative (not a consonant cluster)
Glide
vowel-like sound produced by gliding movement of the articulators
Liquid
vowel-like sound produced with a relatively open vocal tract
Rhotic (/r/) – production changes
depending on surrounding sounds
◦ Lateral (/l/) – midline closure but lateral openings in the oral cavity
Cognates
pairs of similar sounds that differ only by voicing (e.g. /k/ and /g/)
Consonant clusters
consonant sounds produced in side-by-side combinations
◦ Prevocalic – before a vowel (e.g. tw-, bl-, str-) ◦ Postvocalic – after a vowel (e.g. – mp, -ld, -st)
Onset
consonant or cluster preceding the peak, not required
Peak
nucleus of the syllable, required
Coda
consonant or cluster following
the peak, not required
Rhyme
peak + coda of the syllable
Open
syllables without a coda
Closed
syllables with a coda
Why is phonetic transcription important?
Accurate transcription forms the basis for diagnosis of a speech sound disorder
• The SLP needs to be able to identify and transcribe productions accurately
• It is a skill that improves with practice, as you fine tune your auditory perceptual skills to differentiate between accurate and inaccurate speech sound productions
General/Broad transcription
Uses general IPA phoneme symbols
Narrow transcription
More detailed transcription
▫ Uses general IPA phonemes + diacritical marks
▫ Incorporates allophones, those changes that
occur within a phoneme when a speaker produces the phoneme in different contexts
Brackets [ ]
when listening to and transcribing actual productions
Slashes / /
when summarizing results & writing a word according to its’ standard production
Diacritics
Special symbols used in narrow phonetic
transcription to depict the specific articulatory or
perceptual features of a phoneme ▫ Used in narrow transcription
▫ See diacritics table handout
Aspirated stops
Sudden air release of voiceless stop
• Note: voiceless stops typically aspirated at beginning of word, but not in consonant clusters
• Usually not an error
[ ^h] [k^h] [k^hʌp]
Unreleased stops
Stop is closed, but not released
Note: typically occurs at end of utterance or one word responses
Usually not an error
[˺][t˺][hit˺]
Flaps
Allophonic variation of [t],[d]
• Note: typically intervocalic
• Usually not an error
[ɾ] [bʌɾɚ] [mɪɾən]
Syllabic consonants
Unstressed syllable with [m],[n],[l],[r]
• Usually not an error
[ ]̩ [l]̩ [tebl̩]
Vowel Lengthening
Longer than normal vowel duration
• Usually not an error
[:] [sæ:t]
Nasality
Nasalized speech sound • Note: vowel preceding nasal consonant is typically nasalized [ ~ ] •[æ̃] •[tæ̃n]