Linguistics and Phonetics Shorts Questions (1) Define Linguistics?
Linguistics and Phonetics Shorts Questions (1) Define Linguistics?
Linguistics and Phonetics Shorts Questions (1) Define Linguistics?
Shorts Questions
Articulatory phonetics studies the production of speech sounds by the human vocal tract.
Auditory phonetics studies the perception of speech sounds by the human perceptual system.
Acoustic phonetics studies the physical properties of speech sounds.
/aɪ/ This diphthong uses letters and letter combinations like /i/, /igh/, and /y/ to form
sounds similar to “eye.” Here are a few more examples
My
Like
Bright
Lime
/eɪ/ Thisdiphthong uses letters and letter combinations like /ey/, /ay/,
/ai/ and /a/ to form sounds similar to “great.
Rain
Lay
Eight
Break
/aʊ/
This diphthong uses letters and letter combinations like /ou/ and /ow/ to form sounds similar to
“ow!” Here are a few more examples:
Bound
House
Brown
How
Now
/eə/
This diphthong uses letters and letter combinations like /ai/, /a/, and /ea/ to form sounds similar
to “air.” Here are a few more examples:
Pair
Lair
Stare
Care
Bear
/ɪə/
This diphthong uses letters and letter combinations like /ee/, /ie/ and /ea/ to form sounds similar
to “ear.” Here are a few more examples:
Career
Here
Near
Year
Pier
/ɔɪ/
This diphthong uses letters and letter combinations like /oy/ and /oi/ to form sounds similar to
“oil.” Here are a few more examples:
Boy
Coy
Toy
Foil
Coin
/ʊə/
This diphthong uses letters and letter combinations like /oo/, /ou/, /u/, and /ue/ to form sounds
similar to “cure.” Here are a few more examples:
Fur
Sur
e
Lure
Pure
Manure
cardinal Vowels are classified into Primary and Secondary cardinal vowels.
Primary cardinal vowels :These eight cardinal vowels are numbered as follows: 1 [i], 2 [e],
3 [ɛ], 4 [a], 5 [ɑ], 6 [ɔ], 7 [o], and 8 [u]. In addition, equidistant between [i] and [u] is
the central, close vowel [ʉ]. d) The above are the primary cardinal vowels.
Secondry cardinal vowels
Affix is a word that can be added to a root word or base word to add a new meaning.
For example, let’s examine the root reserve. This word can't be broken down further, but it can
be transformed into unreserved by the prefix un- or even unreservedly by the suffixes -ed and -
ly.
Syntactic Rules
English usually has a Subject-Verb-Object world order, unlike some other languages.
A sentence must have a subject and a verb, and it must express a complete thought.
Generally, it is best to express separate ideas in different sentences.
Dependent clauses have a subject and a verb and might look like sentences, but they do
not express complete thoughts and are therefore insufficient on their own.
Syntax Examples
Tools that can help students understand syntax include a comprehensive syntax definition and
examples of sentences that employ correct English syntax. Like all languages, English is governed by
grammatical rules. For instance, most sentences in English follow a Subject-Verb-Object word order,
resulting in syntactically correct sentences like:
The above sentences are syntactically correct and they make perfect sense. However, it is also
possible for sentences to follow the rules of syntax without making any sense at all, as in the
following example, which was famously said by linguist Noam Chomsky: