SSD Vocab
phonology
a sound system of a language – sound patterns, allowable sounds, and how they are used
phonotactics
rules of what sounds can go together in a language
phonetic inventory
all of the sounds a child accurately produces, independent of adult sounds
categorical perception
is a phenomenon of perception of distinct categories when there is a gradual change in a variable along a continuum.
(“s”------“sh” sounds like one or the other)
the smallest unit of language that can distinguish one word from another
phoneme
phonemic inventory
a list of the phonemes a child knows, independent of adult productions
speaker normalization
listeners perceive sounds the same even if they are produced differently; listener normalizes what they hear from different speakers; listener perceives common phonetic categories produced by speakers with vocal tracts of different sizes
The production, perception, and transmission of speech sounds in a given language
phonetics
the phenomenon of two (or more) sounds or forms appearing in the same environment without a change in meaning and without being considered incorrect by native speakers.
free variation
distinctive features
piece of acoustic information, how phonemes differ (place, manner, voicing)
smallest unit of meaning that cannot be further divided (carry meaning on its own)
morpheme
complementary distribution
you do not choose allophones freely, there are certain context where you must choose one (ten vs. tenth)
The same sounds made in different ways
motor equivalence
allophone
different phonetic productions that are classified as the same phoneme, little changes on a sound that do not change the sound/meaning and are perceived as the same phoneme
scale between two sounds
Visual analog scale