The system of relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language.
How sounds and words can be changed within a language.
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What is Syntax?
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The study of linguistic behavior as determined by sociocultural factors.
The order of words to create meaning
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What does Lexicon mean?
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The words used in a language or by a person or group of people
A way to convey meaning or a message to someone else
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What is a Dialect?
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A way of speaking a language, or specific words/ phrases, that are special to a region or group of people.
The form of the English language widely accepted as the usual correct form.
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What is a Vowel ?
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A basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable.
A speech sound that is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction and is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable.
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What are Fricatives?
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Characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the
breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal
tract; spirantal; spirant.
The consonant sounds that are made by vibrating the vocal chords. They can be compared with unvoiced consonants.
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What are Unvoiced Consonants?
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Voiced and unvoiced. Many consonant sounds come in pairs. For example, P and B are produced in the same place in the mouth with the tongue in the same position. The only difference is that P is an unvoiced sound (no vibration of the vocal cords) while B is a voiced sound (vocal cords vibrate).
are consonant sounds that are made by vibrating the vocal chords. They can be compared with unvoiced consonants.
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What are Affricatives?
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It is characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the
breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal
tract; spirantal; spirant.
A sound made by forcing air out of your mouth through a narrow opening that is made using the lips, teeth, or tongue
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What are Glides?
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A sound produced as the vocal organs move toward or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant.
Articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel.