The study of sound and one of our language levels of analysis
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Phonetics
The sounds of speech and how they are produced
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Prosodics
The study of speech features such as speed, volume and intonation
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Heterophones
Words that are spelt the same but pronounced differently
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Homophones
Words that are pronounced the same but spelt differently
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Plosive
Articulators come together to stop airflow then release e.g. P, T, K, B, D, G
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Fricative
Articulators positioned together leaving a small gap for the sound to come through e.g. F, V, S, Z and Th sounds
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Affricate
Articulators come together then release but the sound is similar to fricative e.g. Ch and J
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Nasal
Articulators stop airflow and release through the nose e.g. M and N
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Lateral
Articulators come together and air is released over the sides of the tongue e.g. L
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Approximant
Articulators don’t fully come together, sound is somewhere between fricative and vowel e.g. L, R, Y and W
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Vowel sounds
Do not involve any restriction and release of airflow in the mouth. Vowels can be grouped depending on whether they are short, long or diphthongs.
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Dipthongs
Are a combination of two sounds where a speaker moves from an initial sound to a second sound across the vowel
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Sound iconicity
Refers to the way in which sounds mirror the actions that they describe or which are intended to draw attention to a relationship between sound and form.
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Lexical onomatopoeia
A clear association between the sound of the word and its meaning
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Non-lexical onomatopoeia
Group of letters used to demonstrate a sound and therefore meaning. These are not words that would be found in a dictionary
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Alliteration
The repetition of two or more sounds
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Consonance
A repeated set of consonant sounds
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Assonance
A repeated set of vowel sounds
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Sibilance
A repeated set of fricative sounds
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Phonological manipulation
Involves making creative changes in sound patterns to give a particular effect
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The sounds of speech and how they are produced
Back
Phonetics
Card 3
Front
The study of speech features such as speed, volume and intonation
Back
Card 4
Front
Words that are spelt the same but pronounced differently
Back
Card 5
Front
Words that are pronounced the same but spelt differently
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