phonological
Concerning speech sounds
Phonological means relating to the sound system of a language—how speech sounds are organized and patterned.
A phonological rule governs how sounds change in different contexts.
Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate sound units in words, a skill crucial for learning to read.
The child showed delays in phonological development.
Pressure, mental or vocal
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- accentRegional speech pattern
- toneQuality of sound
cadence · pitch · contour · prominence · meter · timing · phrasing · boundary
Unit of pronunciation
- onsetStarting point of something
- rimeGranular ice deposit
- codaClosing musical passage
- nucleusCentral controlling part
cluster · sonority · mora · foot · weight · geminate · resyllabification · syllabification
In agreement with
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- plosiveConsonant with blocked release
- fricativeConsonant with audible friction
affricate · nasal · lateral · palatal · glottal · velar · labial · alveolar
Absorbing into a whole
- dissimilationSounds becoming less alike
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
- metathesisSound reordering in words
- deletionRemoval of content
insertion · nasalization · reduction · neutralization · liaison · flapping · aspiration · voicing
Spectral concentration in speech
- spectrogramFrequency-over-time display
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- voicingExpressing aloud
burst · aspiration · duration · intensity · fundamental · harmonic · spectral · amplitude
Notable difference between things
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
- distinctive featureIdentifying quality or trait
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
surface · representation · inventory · system · opposition · naturalness · rule · derivation
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- accentRegional speech pattern
tone · cadence · pitch · contour · prominence · meter · timing · phrasing · boundary · nucleus
syllable
Unit of pronunciation
nucleus · cluster · sonority · mora · foot · weight · geminate · resyllabification · syllabification · template
consonant
In agreement with
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- plosiveConsonant with blocked release
fricative · affricate · nasal · lateral · palatal · glottal · velar · labial · alveolar · voicing
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- dissimilationSounds becoming less alike
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
- metathesisSound reordering in words
deletion · insertion · nasalization · reduction · neutralization · liaison · flapping · aspiration · voicing
formant
Spectral concentration in speech
- spectrogramFrequency-over-time display
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- frequencyRate of recurrence
voicing · burst · aspiration · duration · intensity · fundamental · harmonic · spectral · amplitude · resonance
contrast
Notable difference between things
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
- distinctive featureIdentifying quality or trait
underlying · surface · representation · inventory · system · opposition · naturalness · rule · derivation · phonemic
phonologicalsemantic
Of meaning in language
syntactic · morphological · lexical · pragmatic · orthographic
- phonological rulePrinciple governing pronunciation changes
- phonological processPattern altering spoken sounds
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