LING 3701 Written Complete Assignment With Questions And Answers.

head-turn preference paradigm - correct answer An experimental framework in which infants' speech preference or learning is measured by the length of time they turn their heads in the direction of a sound. familiarization phase - correct answer a preparation period during which subjects are exposed to stimuli that will serve as the basis for the test phase to follow test phase - correct answer The period in which subjects' responses to the critical experimental stimuli is tested following a familiarization phase. phonotactic constraints - correct answer Language-specific constraints that determine how the sounds of a given language may be combined to form words or syllables. trochaic stress pattern - correct answer Syllable emphasis pattern in which the first syllable is stressed, as in BLACKmail. iambic stress pattern - correct answer syllable emphasis pattern in which the first syllable is unstressed, as in reTURN transitional probability - correct answer the probability that a particular syllable will occur, given the previous occurrence of another particular syllable vocal folds - correct answer Also known as "vocal cords," these are paired "flaps" in the larynx that vibrate as air passes over them. The vibrations are shaped into speech sounds by the other structures (tongue, alveolar ridge, velum, etc.) of the vocal tract. phonation - correct answer Production of sound by the vibrating vocal folds bilabial - correct answer Describes a sound that is produced by obstructing airflow at the lips. phoneme - correct answer the smallest unit of sound that changes the meaning of a word; often identified by forward slashes; e.g. /t/ is a phoneme because replacing it within the word tan makes it a different word allophones - correct answer Two or more similar sounds that are variants of the same phoneme; often identified by brackets; e.g., [t] and [th] represent the two allophones of the phoneme /t/ (as in the words Stan and tan). minimal pairs - correct answer a pair of words that have different meanings, but all of the same sounds with the exception of one phoneme (ex. tan and man) vocal folds - correct answer Also known as "vocal cords," these are paired "flaps" in the larynx that vibrate as air passes over them. The vibrations are shaped into speech sounds by the other structures (tongue, alveolar ridge, velum, etc.) of the vocal tract. Phonation - correct answer production of sound by the vibrating vocal folds bilabial - correct answer Describes a sound that is produced by obstructing airflow at the lips. alveolar - correct answer Describes a sound whose place of articulation is the alveolar ridge, just behind the teeth. velar - correct answer describes a sound whose place of articulation is the alveolar ridge, just behind the teeth nasal stop - correct answer a stop consonant made by the lowering the velum in a way that lets the air pass through your nose; e.g. "m" , "n", sound like in sing or fang fricative - correct answer sound produced when your tongue narrows the airflow in a way that produces a turbulent sound "s", "z", or "f" affricative - correct answer a sound that is produced when you combine an oral stop and a fricative together, like the first and last consonants in church or judge liquid sound - correct answer sound produced by air passing along one or both sides of the tongue ("r" or "i")