MARKET 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Articulatory Phonetics, Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Phonetics
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Phonology of a language segmental phonology suprasegmental phonology phoneme. Allophone complementary distribution of allophones free variation redundant vs distinctive features distinction criteria for vowels. Acoustic phonetics: perception of sound waves by ear. About concrete sounds and how they are produced. Unit= /phoneme/ sum of its phonemes dividing lexemes into separate phonemes refers to stress patterns, intonation and rhythm in spoken language = prosody. Smallest distinctive unit in a given language. Are defined by their function within a language system. A redundant feature in one language can be a distinctive on in another language. Which part of the tongue is raised (front, central, back) Consonants are usually partly or fully obstructed homoorganic sounds two classes of consonants. Syllable sounds that are produced at the same place obstruents: all plosives, fricatives and affricates sonorants: all nasals, laterals, and approximants. Tongue moves from one position into another. Closing and centring diphthongs e. g. lawyer, bay,buy, .
