Subdivisions of language
Phonology
Articulation
American English Consonants
Phonetic Transcription
100

phonology

What is the study of the sound system of language?
100

What is the smallest linguistic unit that is able, when combined with other such units, to convey meaning?

Phoneme

100

What is the atypical production of speech sounds called?

Articulation disorder

100

What are the active articulators?

Lower lip and portions of the tongue

100

What do you call marks that are added to sound transcription symbols to give indicate things such as syllable stress and length?

diacritic symbols.

200

morphology

What is the study of the structure of words?
200

What is the study of how phonemes are organized and function in a language?

Phonology

200

What is the atypical production of speech sounds characterized by substitutions, omissions, additions, or distortions?

Articulation disorder

200

What are passive articulators?

The upper lip, teeth, the palate, and velum.

200

What do you call sounds that should be made with tongue-alveolar ridge contact but instead are produced with tongue-dental placement?

Dentalization

300

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?

300

What is the description of the allowed combinations of phonemes in a particular language?

Phonotactics

300

What are the back vowel sounds?

[I, ɪ, e, ɛ, æ, ɑː]

300

What is meant by the manner of articulation?

The type of constriction that the active and passive articulators produce for particular consonants.

300

What do you called it when the tongue is placed such that air escapes through the sides of the tongue?

lateralization

400

Semantics

What is the study of linguistic meaning and includes the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences?

400

What are 2 words that differ in only one phoneme?

Minimal pairs

400

What are the back vowel sounds?

[u, ʊ, o, ɔː,ɑː]

400

What are sounds called that involves complete occlusion at specific points in the vocal tract?

Stop-plosives

400

What do you call sounds that are produced with vibrating vocal cords?

voiced

500

Pragmatics

What is the study of language used to communication within various situational contexts?

500

What do you call the impaired comprehension of the sound system of a language?

Phonological disorder

500

What are the central vowels?

[ɝ, ɚ, 3,ʌ, ə]

500

What do you call the group of sounds that are made when active and passive articulators approximate each other closely causing audible friction?

Fricatives.

500

What do you call sounds that do not involve vibrating vocal cords?

unvoiced