TKT - M1 - PHONOLOGY Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| phonology | it is the study of sound features used in a language to communicate meaning, e.g. minimal pairs such as FIT and FEAT |
| phoneme | It is the smallest unit of sound that can make a difference to meaning in a language, e.g. the S in books shows the word is plural. |
| connected speech | Spoken language in which the words join to form a connected stream of sounds, e.g. linking or catenation. |
| catenation | It happens when a consonant sound meets a vowel sound and they join to form one sound, e.g. An egg / æn//eg/ becomes /æneg/ |
| Intonation | The way the level of a speaker’s voice changes, often to show how they feel about something, e.g. Can you help me? RISING ... |
| minimal pair | Two words which are different from each other only by one meaningful sound, and by their meaning, e.g. hear, fear. |
| dipththong | A vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another, e.g. /ai/ in MY. |
| rhythm | It refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in speech, e.g. The QUICK brown FOX. |
| sentence stress | This refers to the emphasis placed on certain words within a sentence, e.g. CONTENT words have more stress than FUNCTION words. |
| word stress | This refers to the emphasis placed on one syllable within a word, e.g. comPUter |
| schwa | It is the weak sound of a word, e.g. in rapid speech, To / tuː/ becomes /tə/ using schwa. |
| voiced sound | It is a way of pronouncing sounds with vibration in the throat, e.g. vowel sounds. |
| unvoiced sound | It is a way of pronouncing sounds without vibration in the throat, e.g. consonants such as T or P . |
| phonemic transcription | It involves representing the distinct sounds (phonemes) of a language using specific symbols, e.g. "cut" (/kʌt/). |
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