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What hyis hythe hydifference hybetween hyarticulation hyand hyphonology? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy--
hyArticulation hyis hythe hyproduction hyof hyindividual hysounds hy("surface").



- hyPhonology hyis hythe hyknowledge hyof hya hylanguage's hysound hysystem hyand hypatterns hy("underlying").



What hydoes hymarked hyand hyunmarked hymean hyin hythe hycontext hyof hyspeech hysound
hydevelopment? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy-


The hyterm hyunmarked hyrefers hyto hysounds hythatBare hyeasier hyto hyacquire, hywhile hymarked hyare hynot hyand
hydevel hyop hylater hy(cross-linguistically).




What hyis hya hydistinctive hyfeatures hyparadigm? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy--
A hydistinctive hyfeature hyis hya hyunique hycharacteristic hyof hya hyphoneme hythat hydistinguishes hyit hyfrom
hyanother.



- It hyis hya hybinary hysystem hywhere hyeach hysound hyis hy[+/-] hya hycertain hyfeature hy(e.g., hyvoicing, hystridency).

- Can hybe hyused hyto hydescribe hyboth hyvowels hyand hyconsonants



What hyis hythe hyplace-manner-voice hyparadigm? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy-
hyUsed hyto hydescribe hyonly hyconsonants hyby:



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Place hyof hyarticulation: hybilabial, hylabiodental, hyinterdental, hyalveolar, hypalatal, hyvelar, hypharyngeal,
hyglottal


.

- Manner hyof hyarticulation: hystops, hyfricatives, hyaffricates, hyglides, hyliquids

- Voicing



What hyis hythe hybehavioural hytheory hyof hyarticulatory hyacquisition? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy--
Speech hysounds hyare hyacquired hylike hyany hyother hyskill hy- hythrough hyclassic hyconditioning hyand hylearning.

, - A hychild's hybabbling hyis hycontinuous hyand hygradually hyshapes hyinto hyadult hyforms.



What hyis hythe hystructural hytheory hyof hyarticulatory hyacquisition? hy- hyCORRECT
hyANSWER hy-- hyA hychild hybegins hywith hymaximal hycontrasts hy(e.g., hy/p/ hyand hy/a/) hyand


hydifferentiates/fine- hytunes hythem hyinto hymore hysubtle hycontrasts



- This hydevelopment hyis hyinnate, hyuniversal, hyand hyhierarchical

- There hyis hydiscontinuity hybetween hychild hyand hyadult hyforms.



What hyis hythe hytheory hyof hynatural hyphonology? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy--
Phonological hyprocesses hyare hyinnate, hyand hywe hylearn hyto hysuppress hythose hythat hydo hynot hyoccur hyin
hyour hytarg hyet hylanguages.



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Children hyhave hythese hyrepresentations hybut hyany hyerrors hyare hydue hyto hyoutput hyconstraints hy(e.g.,
hyanatomy


) hythat hylead hyto hya hysimplified hyversion hyof hythe hyadult hymodel.



What hyis hythe hytheory hyof hygenerative hyphonology? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy--
Phonological hydescriptions hyare hybased hyon hyinformation hyfrom hyother hylinguistic hylevels.

- Transformational hyrules hyexplain hythe hydifference hybetween hyunderlying hyand hysurface hyrepresentations.



What hyis hythe hytheory hyof hylinear/non-linear hyphonology? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy--
Linear hyphonology: hysounds hyare hydiscrete, hyindependent hysets hyof hyfeatures hyand hyon hythe hysame
hylevel hy(equ hyal).



- Non-
linear hyphonology: hysounds hyand hysupralinguistic hyvariables hy(stress, hytone, hyprosody) hyare hyarranged
hyin hya hyh hyierarchy.




What hyis hythe hyphonation hystage hyof hyspeech hyproduction? hy- hyCORRECT hyANSWER hy--
hyBetween hythe hyages hyof hy0-1 hymonths.



- Reflexive hyvocalizations hy(burping, hycoughing, hycrying); hyno hyspeech hysounds.