DELTA Module 1 Phonology (100% correct and graded A+)

phonology - Answer-the study of the sound system of a language segmental phonology - Answer-the study of phonemes, eg, should - sh-u-d - 3 phonemes suprasegmental phonology - Answer-study of sounds in sentences and how they change; also stress and intonation patterns stress-timed language - Answer-a language where the rhythm is determined by the number of stressed syllables, so the others become squashed. Opposite: syllable-timed phoneme - Answer-the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish two words, eg mat and bat IPA - Answer-International Phonetic Alphabet, all languages allophone - Answer-variation of phoneme which happens as a result of influence of an adjacent phoneme, eg, little has 2 variations of l, clear and dark. law of least effort bilabial plosives - Answer-b (voiced) p (unvoiced) stop, lateral, fricative, nasals - Answer-tp; l; fsz; mn and ng monophthong - Answer-single vowels dipthongs - Answer-double affricates - Answer-tch, dge semi-vowels - Answer-consonants with vowel-like qualities; y and wcontinuants - Answer-sounds that continue without variation as long as the breath lasts. f, v, th, s, z, sh, zh and m, n, ng. assimilation - Answer-This is when a speech sound changes, becoming more like another sound which follows or precedes it.