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Question:
Phoneme

Answer:
the smallest segmental unit of sound that creates a difference in meaning between words


Question:
Minimal pair

Answer:
Pairs of words in a particular language that differ in only one phonological element


Question:
Phonotactics

Answer:
The rules governing the possible phoneme sequences in a language


Question:
Phonology

Answer:
the description of the systems and patterns of phonemes that occur in a language (rules of sound)
-assumptions with two levels


Question:
Two levels of Phonology

Answer:
a surface level and an underlying level


Question:
Surface level

Answer:
(phonetic representation) the actual production form (actual sound)


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Underlying level

Answer:
(phonological or phonemic) a theoretical concept that reflects the mental representation of a sound

, Question:
Phonetics

Answer:
study area of actual sounds (sound production)/ (no assumption)


Question:
Phonetics includes

Answer:
phone, allophone, phonetic transcription, articulatory phonetics (place, manner, and voicing), and
coarticulation


Question:
Linear phonology

Answer:
all speech segments are arranged in a sequential order and have equal value and all distinctive
features are equal


Question:
Linear Phonology types

Answer:
Distinctive Feature Theory, Generative Phonology, and Natural Phonology


Question:
Distinctive Feature Theory

Answer:
the specific properties of a sound that serve as the distinguishing marks among phonemes in a
language/Binary System + or -




Question:
Distinctive features Thoery picture

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