Consonants
a voiceless/fortis bilabial plosive
What is /p/?
a process by which a sound is adjusted to its preceding sound
What is progressive assimilation?
a vowel sound produced with a movement of the tongue from one position to another
What is a diphthong?
the sonority peak of the syllable
What is the nucleus?
a sound produced with a complete closure which is suddenly released
What is a plosive?
a voiced/lenis velar nasal
What is /ŋ/?
a process by which sounds in unstressed syllables are reduced in casual speech
What is weakening?
a mid back vowel
What is /ɔ:/?
the part of a syllable which subsumes the nucleus and the coda
What is the rhyme?
a sound produced with air escaping through the nose
What is a nasal?
a voiceless/fortis dental fricative
What is /θ/?
a process by which two adjacent sounds fuse into one
What is coalescence?
a close front (long) vowel
What is /i:/?
a syllable with a coda
What is a closed/checked syllable?
a sound produced with air forcing its way through a very narrow gap between two articulators and without a groove at the tip of the tongue (e.g. /f/)
What is a slit fricative?
a voiced/lenis postoalveolar approximant
What is /r/?
a phonological process by which two syllables become fused into one
What is compression?
a mid-close front-central (short) vowel
What is /ɪ/?
a principle which forbids illegitimate sound clusters, usually of consonants in the onset
What is the Phonotactic Constraints Principle?
a sound consisting of a plosive and a fricative
What is an affricate?
a voiced/lenis palatal approximant
What is /j/?
the process of inserting a sound into a word
What is epenthesis?
a mid-open to open front (short) vowel
What is /æ/?
a syllable whose nucleus consists in a long vowel, a diphthong or a short vowel with coda
What is a strong syllable?
a sound which is produced with air escaping around the sides of the tongue
What is a lateral?