Subdivisions of language
phonology
What is the smallest linguistic unit that is able, when combined with other such units, to convey meaning?
Phoneme
What is the atypical production of speech sounds called?
Articulation disorder
What are the active articulators?
Lower lip and portions of the tongue
What do you call marks that are added to sound transcription symbols to give indicate things such as syllable stress and length?
diacritic symbols.
morphology
What is the study of how phonemes are organized and function in a language?
Phonology
What is the atypical production of speech sounds characterized by substitutions, omissions, additions, or distortions?
Articulation disorder
What are passive articulators?
The upper lip, teeth, the palate, and velum.
What do you call sounds that should be made with tongue-alveolar ridge contact but instead are produced with tongue-dental placement?
Dentalization
Syntax
What is the organizational rules that apply to word, phrase, and clauses order, sentence organization, and the relationship between words, word classes, and other sentence elements?
What is the description of the allowed combinations of phonemes in a particular language?
Phonotactics
What are the back vowel sounds?
[I, ɪ, e, ɛ, æ, ɑː]
What is meant by the manner of articulation?
The type of constriction that the active and passive articulators produce for particular consonants.
What do you called it when the tongue is placed such that air escapes through the sides of the tongue?
lateralization
Semantics
What is the study of linguistic meaning and includes the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences?
What are 2 words that differ in only one phoneme?
Minimal pairs
What are the back vowel sounds?
[u, ʊ, o, ɔː,ɑː]
What are sounds called that involves complete occlusion at specific points in the vocal tract?
Stop-plosives
What do you call sounds that are produced with vibrating vocal cords?
voiced
Pragmatics
What is the study of language used to communication within various situational contexts?
What do you call the impaired comprehension of the sound system of a language?
Phonological disorder
What are the central vowels?
[ɝ, ɚ, 3,ʌ, ə]
What do you call the group of sounds that are made when active and passive articulators approximate each other closely causing audible friction?
Fricatives.
What do you call sounds that do not involve vibrating vocal cords?
unvoiced