Transcription in Connected Speech Quiz

  1. citation form
    when a word is pronounced carefully as a single item
  2. connected speech
    results from joining two or more works together in the creation of an utterance
  3. coarticulation
    the overlapping of the articulators during speech production
  4. assimilation
    when phonemes take on the phonetic character of neighboring sounds
  5. regressive assimilation
    when the identity of a phoneme is modified due to a phoneme following it
  6. progressive assimilation
    when a phoneme's identity changes as the result of a phoneme preceding it in time
  7. elision
    omission of a phoneme during speech production
  8. epenthesis
    the addition of a phoneme to the production of a word
  9. metathesis
    the transportation of sounds in a word

    - aminal instead of animal
  10. vowel reduction
    • when the full sound/ weight of a vowel is not fully pronounced when saying a word
    • - the full weight of a vowel becomes more like the model-central vowel when spoken in connected speech
  11. suprasegmental aspects of speech
    • include stress, timing, and intonation
    • - go beyond/transcend the boundaries of the individual speech sound segment or phoneme
    • * what makes sentences and words sound the way they do
  12. sentence stress
    when certain words in a sentence have more stress than others
  13. content words
    • words that contain important information in a sentence
    • ex: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
  14. function words
    • less important words in a sentence
    • ex: pronouns, articles, prepositions, and conjunctions
  15. contrastive stress
    when a certain word in a sentence in emphasized to highlight its difference from the other words
  16. intonation
    modification of voice pitch that cues the listener in on the kind of sentence being spoken
  17. falling intonational phrases
    • when the voice pitch falls during the length of a statement
    • - often demonstrates the completeness and finality of a statement
    • ex: It's time to go. What's your favorite color?
  18. rising intonational phrases
    • when voice pitch rises during the length of the statement
    • - often demonstrates uncertainty or incomplete thoughts
    • ex: Is it time yet? His name is Rick, right?
  19. tempo
    • the overall rate of speech
    • - durational aspect of speehc
  20. juncture
    the way in which syllables and words are linked together in connected speech
  21. external juncture
    a pause that connects two intonational phrases
  22. open internal juncture
    a pause between syllables
  23. close internal juncture
    no pause between syllables
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ellieharris
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Transcription in Connected Speech Quiz
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