LING 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Underlying Representation, Lexical Item, Vocal Tract

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 221
• Professor: Rimrott

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[+/- syllabic: articulatory: nucleus of a syllable, acoustic: higher amplitude, examples: vowels. [+/- consonantal: articulatory: significant vocal tract constriction, acoustic: low amplitude resonance (or none at all, examples: consonants. [+/- sonorant: articulatory: no build-up of pressure behind an oral closure, acoustic: high amplitude, constant sound, always voiced, examples: nasals, approximants, vowels. [+/- continuant: articulatory: continuous airflow through the oral cavity, acoustic: no period of silence. There is always noise: examples: fricative, approximants, vowels, nasals are [- continuant] because there is a closure in the oral cavity. [nasal: articulatory: articulated with an open velum, acoustic: nasal resonance, examples: nasals and assimilation of nasality. [lateral: articulatory: vocal tract closed in the center and opened at the sides, acoustic: particular resonance pattern, examples: [l] sounds. [delayed release: articulatory: open from a stop into a fricative, acoustic: period of frication upon release, examples: affricates. [+/- voice: articulatory: vibration of vocal folds, acoustic: periodic sounds, examples: voiced sounds.