Question

Define the following key terms in your own words. A good definition consists of minimally two things: definition & examples from your own

1. phone
2. allomorphs
3. phonology
4. nasalization rule
5. schwa rule
6. phonemic representation
7. phonetic representation
8. syllable structure

Answer 1

Phone- A phone is an unanalyzed sound of language. It is the smallest identifiable unit found in a stream of speech that is able to be transcribed with a IPA symbol

Allomorph-An allomorph is one of two or more complementary morphs which manifest a morpheme in its different phonological or morphological environments. The term allomorph explains the comprehension of phonological variations for specific morpheme.

Phonology- Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages. The phonological system of a language includes. an inventory of sounds and their features, and. rules which specify how sounds interact with each other.

Nasalization-In phonetics, nasalization is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth.

Schwa Rule-A schwa is a name given to a weak sound of any vowel. The a in sep•a•rate is a schwa because it is weak and barely heard.

Phonetic Representation-Phonetic representation or more commonly phonetic transcription is the representation of speech sounds using symbols in phonetic alphabet such as IPA, X-SAMPA, Kirshenbaum for linguistic studies (especially phonetics, phonology and speech processing) and for learning the pronunciation of languages.

Phonemic Representation is a representation they appear in most dictionaries and represent a very useful study tool as they provide a lot of information about the pronunciation of the word. In the example, we learn that in fact contains a silent < r >, and that the vowel is long, denoted by two dots /?/.

Syllable Structure- A syllable (?) is a phonological unit of sonority. Sonority can be described by the degree of airflow obstruction and voicing that occurs during phonation. he structure of a syllable represents sonority peaks and optional edges, and is made up of three elements: the onset, the nucleus, and the coda.