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suprasegmentals
above the word; the pitch changing over the word
tone
stress
intonation
tone
unique pitch contour on a syllable
like in Chinese
stress
a greater amplitude with sounds waves and muscle exertion on a syllable
English is a stressed language
changing the stress in the word changes the meaning
intonation
like tone; pitch contour over the entire utterance rather than just a syllable.
ex- Is the chair red? rises at the end
Phonological Process
Assimilation
Deletion
Epenthesis
Apheresis
Assimilation
when two sounds become alike
would you (wudju)
epenthesis
adding a sound that isn't there
Deletion
when a sound is deleted
friendship (frenship)
apheresis
deletion of an unstressed schwa at the beginning of a word
saying bout for about
Author
obrianstanek
ID
160441
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341 Chapter 5
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Linguistics
Updated
2012-06-29T02:05:34Z
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