ACCT 9003 Chapter : Chapter 5
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Less than 1 year can discriminate sounds not used in their language. 46 sounds or phonemes sound = phoneme // c and q are useless and not in ipa. Ipa (internation phonetic alphabelt w/0 c and q ) *diff. set of phonetic symbols that could rep. most of the sounds adequately. Speech: production of speech soundsproduction of oral language. Phoneme (46): class of speech sounds or variation of a speech sound that make a. Difference in meaning aka smallest unit of sound. *vowels vowels are voiced vocal tract is more open than consonants vf vibrate dif vowels = dif shapes of vocal tract (jaw and tongue) tongue: front, center, back, high, mid, low. Lips help articulate depending if they are rounded or not. Diphthongs: 2 vowels combined; continuous change in vocal tract shape. Classified according to : manner, place, and voicing.
