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What does IPA stand for?
When was it established? What is it's purpose? |
International Phonetics Alphabet, General American Phonetics
Late 1800s To create a universally accepted symbol for each speech sound |
What is Sound to Symbol correspondence?
Positive Vs. Negative? |
When the spelling of a word is directly related to its pronunciation.
Positive examples: Go, Vet Negative examples: Weight, Once |
Monosyllabic - Open Vs. Closed
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Containing one syllable
Open words end in a vowel: Go Closed end in consonants: Sat, Cat |
Orthography - which ones not used in GAP?
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When you spell a word regularly in everyday speech
Those not used: q, x, and c |
Vernacular
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Normal, everyday conversational speech
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Which group of vowels do infants learn first?
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Front because they're lips are accustomed to puckering; nipple, bottle top
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Vowels written inside the vowel chart
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I and U - inside the vowel chart because they are solely American sounds. Usually difficult for foreigners.
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Do children have problem with vowels?
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A typically developing child will most likely have trouble with articulation: vowels are produced in the larynx
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Dipthong - Phonemic/Nonphonemic
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A combination of two vowels that create one sound, in which the first vowel dominates in duration and stres.
Phonemic - effects the meaning of the word Non - does not effect the meaning of the word |
3 Parameters to define consonants
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Articulation, Place of ARticulation and Voicing
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Which sound is easier to produce? Voiced or unvoiced?
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Voiced.
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Phoneme Vs. Allophone
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Phoneme is a target sound, ideal sound, family of sounds.
Allophone is the individual variation of the target sound. |
Why do we use the "eng" before /k/?
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The "n" is in the front, the "k" is in the back, - for ease of pronunciation.
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What are the nasal phonemes?
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N, M, and NG
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Which consonant is easiest to produce?
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M - visibility -easier to see
voiced and nasal (nasal are easier) |