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Phonetics Chap 2
Phonetics Chap 2
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09/10/2011

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Language
Definition
a system of communication whereby speakers and hearers, using a set of internalized operations, can relate sound and meaning
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Child Register
Definition
the ability to adjust loudness, intonation, level of vocabulary, and other features of spoken language for a child's comprehension
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Adult Register
Definition
the ability to adjust loudness, intonation, level of vocabulary, and other features of spoken language to adapt to the comprehension of adults
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Registers
Definition
styles of speech adjusted to the perceived needs of our listener
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Bidialectal
Definition
a person who uses two dialects appropriately
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Dialect
Definition
a variation of a language that may result from isolation of one form or another
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Accents
Definition
a characteristic manner of pronouncing sounds, the result of dialect or native language influence
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Linguistic Transfer
Definition
the influence that native language has on the speaking of another language
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General American (GA)
Definition
a homogenized variety of speech that has developed across all the US
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Eastern American
Definition
dialect found in New England, New York City, and the Middle Atlantic States, and Western Pennsylvania
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Southern American
Definition
dialect that is found in the Southern states including South Central, Southern, and Appalachian regions
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Appalachian English
Definition
spoken by a relatively small number of people living in the ___________ _________ of the southeast US
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African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
Definition
a diverse dialect found throughout the US, had its beginnings in the creole languages of west africa
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Idiolect
Definition
the speech form characteristic of a single individual; the result of the speech history of an individual
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