Phonic
The formal study of language and how it works.
Linguistics
Is a slightly different version of each phoneme.
What is Allophone
What is Cluster
Sound is one in which the air flow is cut off either partially or completely when the sound is produced.
What is Consonant
Is a letter cluster that stands for one sound.
What is Dipgraph
A sound is one in which the air flow is unobstructed when the sound is made.
what is Vowel
The study of speech sounds. (/b/,/p/,/d/,/t/,/g/)
What is Phonetics
Formed by narrowing the air channel and then forcing air through it-this creates friction in the mouth. (/f/,/v/,/th/,/z/)
What is Fricatives
Formed baby closing Orr blocking off the air flow and then exploding a puff of air.
What is Plosives (stops)
Formed by interrupting the airflow slightly, but no friction results. (/l/,/r/)
What is Liquids
The fricative /z/ is formed using the front of the mouth. Therefor, it is referred to as a
What is Alveolar
Is a written representation (a letter or cluster of letters) of one sound.
What is Grapheme
When two consonants appear together in a word they stand for one sound that is different from either sound of each individual consonant this is called
What is Digraph
A speech sound. It is the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another.
What is Phoneme
Formed when the mouth is closed, forcing the air through the nose. (/n/,/m/,/ng/)
What is Nasals
Sometimes called semivowels because they are formed in similar ways as vowels. (/w/,/y/,/h/)
What is Gliddes
Is a sound in which the position of the mouth changes fro none place to another as the sound is produced
What is Diphthong
The combined sound that the cluster stones for is called
What is Blend
The velum or soft palate, is the back of the mouth
What is Velar
The lips
What is Bilabial