Question | Answer |
what is phonemic awareness | awareness of the smallest units of sound in a word. ability to segment, blend, and manipulate these units.phonemic awareness hears three sounds in the word bat: /b/, /a/, and /t/. |
what is an articulation problem | motor problem |
what is a phonological problem | problem figuring out the sounds system |
what are some aspects of the sound system(5) | language specific
includes sounds
set of instructions for how we articulate the sounds
certican sounds can be combined or where they are placed in a word |
what are the 4 components of the formal definition of sound system | 1. inventory of contrasted phonemes
2. allophonic rules
3. phonotactic rules
4. morphophonemic rules |
what does inventory of contrasted phonemes mean? | the sounds that are used in the language.
for example our vowel and consonant inventory |
what are allophonic rules? | rules that tell us when to use which of those allophones |
what is an example of an allophonic rule? | [p(aspirated)] generally used at the beginning of words
[p(unaspirated)] almost always used a the end of words.
Both these phonemes are /p/ = one phoneme
In hindi those phonemes are separate which means that there could be two different meanings |
what are phonotactic rules | the rules for which sounds can touch each other. or what sounds are possible in the language |
what are the 3 aspects of phonotactic rules? | morpheme structure rules, the way we combine words.
positional constraints; rules that say certian sounds are only allowed in certain positions
sequential constraints; which sequence of sounds are possible, blends |
what are morphophonemic rules | intersection between phonology and morphology; the rules determined by morphenes |
examples of morphophonemic rules | english regular past tense -ed
wave > waved
talk > talkt
weed > weed^d |
what is a phonological disorder | a disorder involving the contrasted phoneme inventory and the 3 rules |
what is phonological translation | taking the rules for one langauge and applying it to another language |
what are the 4 reasons to know about speech sound acquisition | 1. helps with referral aceptance and information
2. helps decisions on assessment tools
3. helps choose treatment targets
4. helps with dismissal decisions. |