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A single sound that can be produced by the human vocal tract.
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A single speech sound that is important to differentiate words within a language or dialect.
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Variation of a phoneme that does not alter the meaning of a word. |
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A letter used to represent a meaningful concept (e.g., "s" usually represents /s/; "ch" usually represents "the choo choo sound"
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A unit of meaning in a language or dialect.
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Variation of a language that may result from isolation of one form or another.
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Specifically the phonology and intonation of a dialect (not word order, vocabulary, etc.)
Speech patterns resulting from learning a second language.
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Style of speech adjusted to the perceived needs or preferences of our listener.
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Each person's own individual way of speaking in different situations.
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International Phonetic Alphabet
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Speech sound that is produced by a partially or completely constricted vocal tract. |
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A speech sound that is produced with an unobstructed vocal tract; the nucleus of a syllable.
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The unit of speech production which must minimalllycontain a vowel or syllabic consonant.
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A consonant produced with complete blockage of the airflow through the oral cavity. |
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A consonant produced with partial blockage of the breath stream causing turbulence, or friction, during it's production. |
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A speech sound that results when the active articulator contacts briefly the passive articulator, usually the tip and blade of the tongue against either the alveolar ridge or teeth. |
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A consonant that begins as a stop, but releases as a fricative. |
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A consonant produced with airflow around one or both sides of the tongue. |
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A consonant produced with airflow around one or both sides of the tongue. |
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A generic term for classifying the /r/ and /l/ sounds. |
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A consonant that is produced with the articulators in close approximation, but to the extent that turbulence is created. |
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A consonant that provides a rapid transition, usually to a following vowel. |
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