Stress, Assimiliation, Supra-segmental Phonology PDF

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Definitions and explanations of stress, assimilation and supra-segmental phonology...

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Session 6 Phonetics & Phonology V: Summary & Definitions Definition “supra-segmental phonology” - deals with phonological phenomena above the level of individual sounds - stress, rhythm, intonation and connected speech phenomena = assimilation Definition “function words” - lexemes that express grammatical meaning in a sentence - articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliaries Definition “strong and weak forms” strong forms - forms with a full vowel quality - occur if function words are read aloud from a dictionary weak forms - forms with a reduced or weak vowel, typically shwa. - occur in unstressed syllables Definition “stress” - prosodic prominence marked by a pitch, intensity (loudness) and duration - English doesn’t have a general stress rule Phenomena in connected speech assimiliation, intrusion, linking /r/ Definition “assimilation” - process in connected speech whereby two neighbouring sounds become - more similar with respect to one or more articulatory features (partial assi.) - identical (total assimilation) - types of assimilation: - regressive (total vs. partial) (“going back”  sound before changes) - progressive (partial) (“going forward”  sound afterward changes) - reciprocal (total vs. partial)  new sound...