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How language works

This class was created by Brainscape user Mairead Mackenzie. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Mairead Mackenzie
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Decks in this class (8)

Semantics
Homophones,
Homograph,
Homonyms
10  cards
Morphology
Definition of head,
Definition of productivity,
Definition of inflectional morpho...
20  cards
Phonetics
What is phonetics,
What are the four speech organs,
The vocal tract is made up of 3
8  cards
Describing speech sounds
How do we distinguish consonants 3,
How do we describe vowels 3,
Examples of 1 close vowel2 open m...
8  cards
The organisation of speech sounds into systems
Coarticulation,
Articulated speech is,
Consonants and vowels within a la...
3  cards
Beyond phonemes
What is a minimal pair,
Example of a minimal pair,
Contrastive phonemes are
5  cards
Beyond phonemes to graphology
Graphology,
Graphemes are but for written lan...,
What alphabet do we use in english
11  cards
writing systems
Syllabic writing systems,
Abjad,
Heavy syllable
3  cards

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