What is used so each phoneme can be recognised to show what a word sounds like?
IPA
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What is a symbol/letter/combination of letters used to represent a phoneme?
Grapheme
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What is the smallest contrastive unit in the sound system of a language?
Phoneme
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What type of sound is made when the vocal tract is either blocked or partially blocked causing audible friction?
Consonant
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What type of sound is made without closure or audible friction?
Vowel
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What type of sound is made when there is blocked airflow for a brief time?
Plosive
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What type of sound is made when the airflow is partially blocked and air is moving through the mouth in a steady stream?
Fricative
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What type of sound is a vowel sound which has a perceptable change in quality throughout the syllable?
Dipthong
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What type of sound is created when a fricative and plosive are placed together?
Affricative
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What type of sound is created by the airflow through the nose?
Nasal
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What type of sound is created by placing the tongue on the back of the front teeth and allowing airflow down the sides of the mouth?
Lateral
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What type of sound is created which is similar to a vowel sound and involve the articulators approaching each other not narrowly enough or with enough articulatory precision to cause turbulent airflow?
Approximant
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Card 2
Front
What is a symbol/letter/combination of letters used to represent a phoneme?
Back
Grapheme
Card 3
Front
What is the smallest contrastive unit in the sound system of a language?
Back
Card 4
Front
What type of sound is made when the vocal tract is either blocked or partially blocked causing audible friction?
Back
Card 5
Front
What type of sound is made without closure or audible friction?
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