Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 5:26 PM
Site: Plateforme pédagogique de l'Université Sétif2
Course: phonetics (phons)
Glossary: Principal Glossary
sm | phonology | |
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. the study of the pattern of speech sounds used in a particular language
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sm | retroflex | |
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adjective. pronounced with the end of your tongue bent backwards |
sm | affricate | |
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a sound used in speech that is like the ‘ch’ sound in ‘church’ or the ‘j’ sound in ‘judge’ |
sm | alveolar | |
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a consonant sound such as ‘l’, ‘d’, ‘n’, or ‘t’, made with the tongue touching the skin behind your top front teeth |
sm | aspiration | |
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linguistics the sound produced when you pronounce something by breathing air out through your mouth |
sm | bilabial | |
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a bilabial sound is one that you produce using both lips, for example the sound of ‘m’ or ‘p’ |
sm | close | |
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vowel noun. a vowel sound made with your tongue near the top of your mouth |
sm | consonant | |
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linguistics a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your mouth |
sm | diphthong | |
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a combination of two vowel sounds said one after the other, as in the words ‘find’ and ‘fail’ |
sm | fricative | |
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a speech sound that is made by pushing air out through a small space between your teeth and your tongue or lips, or between your tongue and palate (=the inside upper part of your mouth). ‘F’, ‘z’, and ‘th’ are fricatives. |
sm | front | |
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adjective .linguistics a front vowel is made in the front part of your mouth |
sm | glottal | |
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. a glottal sound is one that you make in speaking when you partly or completely stop air as it passes through the throat |