ANT425H1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Emic And Etic, Structuralism, Synchrony And Diachrony
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Phonemic: the way the insider/native speaker distinguishes the sound and group sounds into different phonemes (varies according to different languages - refer to english vs. japanese example) Phonetic: the analysis by the outsider (not native speaker themselves) i. e. linguists with phonetic analysis based on concepts and categories that are alien to native speakers in their daily lives within their culture. Aspirated (strong flow of air i. e. pea) vs. unaspirated (weaker flow of air i. e. Aspirated (strong flow of air i. e. pea) vs. unaspirated (weaker flow of air i. e. keep) Whether a sound is pronounced aspirated or unaspirated, doesn"t affect the meaning as much. Variants of the same phoneme: minimal unit of a sound which differentiates the meaning of words; class of sound i. e. pea vs. keep (both involve bilabial - two lips touching each other) Stronger vibration in vocal chords with one variant. Voiced: vibration is strong in vocal chords.
