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Phonetics Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Linguistics | scientific study of language |
| Phonetics | scientific study of speech sounds |
| Phonology | How speech sounds are used in language; study of speech sound systems and the rules |
| Elements of sound | Variations in air pressure making longitudinal waves |
| Phone | individual speech sound; "elementary sound unit" |
| Phoneme | smallest sound unit that distinguishes word meaning |
| Allophone | Phoneme variants whose differences do not change meaning Differences can be identified through phonological rule |
| Glottis | Space between vocal folds |
| True or false: GAE has Tripthongs | False, GAE does not have tripthongs |
| 3 aspects of vowel ID: "H.A.R." | Tongue |