Phonetics Exam Review: Sounds and Articulation
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What is the term for a sound becoming more like its neighboring sounds?

  • Dissimilation
  • Assimilation (correct)
  • Coarticulation
  • Harmonization

What is the primary difference between phonetics and phonology?

  • Phonetics studies the physical properties of speech sounds, while phonology studies the linguistic properties.
  • Phonetics studies speech sounds in a specific language, while phonology studies all possible speech sounds.
  • Phonetics studies individual speech sounds, while phonology studies how sounds combine. (correct)
  • Phonetics is the study of speech sounds in a specific dialect, while phonology is the study of speech sounds in a standard language.

What is the term for the process of making a sound weaker?

  • Deletion
  • Fortition
  • Lenition (correct)
  • Metathesis

What is the purpose of a minimal pairs test?

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What is the term for the process of deleting a sound?

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What is the term for the process of changing the order of sounds to make articulation easier?

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What is the primary function of phonemes in a given language?

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What is the main idea behind the Critical Theory Hypothesis of language acquisition?

<p>Children acquire language within a genetically determined period (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of acquiring one language and then another?

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What does it mean when children overgeneralize a grammar rule?

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What is the theory that best explains overgeneralization of grammar rules?

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What is the main difference between learning and acquisition in the context of language development?

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Assimilation

The process when a sound becomes more like its neighboring sounds.

Phonetics vs Phonology

Phonetics studies individual sounds; phonology studies sound combinations.

Lenition

The process of making a sound weaker.

Minimal pairs test

A test used to distinguish between phonemes and allophones.

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Deletion

The process of removing a sound from a word.

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Metathesis

The process of rearranging sounds to ease articulation.

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Phonemes

Basic sound units that differentiate words in a language.

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Critical Theory Hypothesis

The theory that language acquisition happens within a genetically determined timeframe.

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Sequential language acquisition

The process of acquiring one language followed by another.

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Overgeneralization

When children apply a grammar rule too broadly, including exceptions.

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Active construction of a grammar

Theory explaining how children learn grammar by building rules.

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Learning vs Acquisition

Learning is effortful; acquisition is natural and instinctive.

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Study Notes

Phonetics and Phonology

  • [k] is a voiceless velar stop, a type of consonant
  • A consonant is a construction of sounds, while vowels are always voiced and never constricted
  • [upside down v] represents a mid central lax unrounded vowel
  • [f] is a voiceless labiodental fricative
  • [ backward c ] is a mid back lax rounded vowel

Difference between Phonetics and Phonology

  • Phonetics studies individual speech sounds, covering all possible sounds in human languages
  • Phonology examines how sounds work together in a given language, including how they combine and interact

Phonology Processes

  • Assimilation: sounds become more like neighboring sounds
  • Vowel harmony: vowel sounds become more like other vowel sounds in the same string
  • Dissimilation: adjacent sounds become less similar to each other
  • Deletion: sounds are deleted from a word
  • Metathesis: the order of sounds is changed to make the sequence easier to articulate
  • Fortition: a sound becomes more pronounced
  • Lenition: a sound becomes weaker

Phonemes and Allophones

  • Allophone: a range of sounds recognized as an example of a phoneme
  • Phoneme: a unit of sound that helps differentiate one word from another in a language

Minimal Pairs Test

  • A test used to distinguish between phonemes and allophones, involving pairs of words identical except for a single sound

Morphology

  • Morphemes: units of language that carry meaning
  • Example: "The child(’s) scream(s) were concern(ing)" contains 8 morphemes

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Test your knowledge of phonetics and phonology concepts, including the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), place of articulation, vowels and consonants, and speech sound differences. Review key terms and definitions, such as voiced and voiceless sounds, and labiodental fricatives. Prepare for your phonetics exam with this quiz!

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