PSYA02H3 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Language
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Language can be broken down into elements at several levels. smallest significant units of sound in a language. In our throats, the changing columns of moving air. Producing air pressure that sends air out of the mouth. columns of air carry sound waves, not actual waves, waves move faster. sounds are made through lips, tongue, vocal cords. differences between p and b as well as between s" and z" is voicing (vibration of vocal cords) alveolar fricatives makes the sounds for s" & z": alveolar the tongue reaches to the top at the teeth, fricatives suggests that there is friction, sounds like sound paper. Friction sounds: difference: s" does not voiced, not vibrating, but z" vibrates the vocal cords (throat vibrations) There are 40 phonemes in english, yet only 26 letters to capture these sounds. some letters can stand for different phonemes: ex. O in hot and cold (confusing for esl)
