SLPA 11010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Complementary Distribution, Vocal Tract, Diacritic
3 Nov 2016
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Ex: s, h, m (does not have to be a letter of the alphabet) Grapheme- a letter of the traditional alphabet (not the phonetics alphabet) Allograph- different letters used to represent the same sound (same pronunciation [phonetic transcription], different spelling) Digraph- a pair of letters that create a single sound. International phonetics alphabet- the alphabet used for describing the sounds used in all known languages. Phonology- the sound system of a language consisting of the sounds of the language and the rules for combining those sounds. Articulation- the actions of the speech organs in the production of speech sounds. Phonetics- the study of the production and perception of speech sounds. Morpheme- smallest unit of language that carries meaning; a word or small piece that can be added to a word to change its meaning. Free morpheme- a morpheme that can stand alone and still carry meaning.
