LIN101H5- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 39 pages long!)
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Sound segments: phonetics physical properties of sounds, phonology how the sounds are organized and distributed (sound systems) Are [f] and [v] different: sure: fan vs. van. The word one": one alveolar, one thing different place of articulation (interdental, a natural transition from the [n] to the [ , this is a dental [ , are the two sounds different or the same, same. If not, the it"s the regular [n] sound. Phonemic representation vs. phonetic representation: one is more abstract, phonemic, mental abstraction. [square brackets: what we actually say, concrete. The phonetic environment: the surrounding sounds, which [n] we chose is predictable based on the phonetic environment. Fan vs. van: only differ by a single sound. [f] and [v] in english is not predictable based on their phonetic environment: so they must be a part of different phonemes. Allophones: the sounds that we make, phonetic.
