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100

having an r-like auditory quality

rhoticity

100
variation of a phone; does not change the meaning of a word

allophone

100

a sentence with intonation that goes up at the end

rising

100

a person who communicates using two languages, and is fluent in both

bilingual

100

a person who communicates in one language

monolingual

200

small marks placed on, under, or next to a phonetic symbol to detail articulatory characteristics of that sound’s production

diacritics

200

the overlapping of speech movements in connected speech

coarticulation

200

a specific type of speech error when one sound switches syllable place with another sound in the same syllable position

spoonerisms

200

a mutually intelligible variant of a language

dialect

200

when the weak vowel in a syllable is omitted, and a sonorant consonant serves as the nucleus of the syllable

syllabic consonant

300

the length of time after the release of a stop consonant and before the start of vocal fold vibration for the following vowel

voice onset time

300

two words that differ by only a single consonant or vowel sound

minimal pair

300

the sound structure of syllables and words

phonotactics

300

stop consonant produced on a glottalic ingressive airstream

implosive

300

language used to communicate between individuals who do not share their first language

lingua franca

400

consonants and consonant clusters in syllable-arresting position

coda

400

consonants and consonant clusters in syllable-initiating position

onset

400

a consonant produced with air flowing over the sides of the tongue at the release of the sound

lateral release

400

stop or affricate consonant produced on a glottalic egressive airstream

ejective

400

a person who communicates using more than two languages

multilingual

500

a consonant made by approximating two articulators and vibrating them

trill

500

when a sound’s production is modified because of a sound that was just articulated

carryover coarticulation

500

when a sound’s production is modified because of a sound yet to be articulated

anticipatory coarticulation

500

stop or affricate consonant produced on a velaric ingressive airstream

click

500

a sentence with a falling pitch pattern

declination

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