phonetics exam

Study of speech sounds, their acoustic and perceptual characteristics, and how they are

produced by speech organs

maintains a 1-to-1 relationship between a sound and a particular alphabet letter

Why is there variation in phonetic transcription from professional to professional?

professionals can have a ____ difference

different letter sequences or patterns that represent the same sound

Words that vary by only one phoneme (in the SAME word position)

individual speech sound

capable of differentiating morphemes

What are basic building blocks of languages and the smallest unit of speech

production?

What two elements comprise syllables?

Louder

•Longer in duration

•Higher in pitch

These characterize what?

phonemic transcription of

speech

•Uses slash marks

•/brɔd tʃrænskrɪpʃɪn/