Phonology
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Connected speech
When we speak we do not do so in isolation, but rather in a continuous sequence. That is, there is a…
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Concepts of phonology
Phonology is one of the pillars of the Portuguese language, and this subject is taught in the early school years. For all the…
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Difference between alliteration and consonance/examples
The main difference is alliteration versus consonance Both alliteration and consensus are literary devices that use the repetition of a…
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Difference between alliteration and assonance/examples
The main difference is alliteration versus assonance Assonance and Alliteration are two literary devices that authors use to add rhyming…
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Difference between Assonance and consonant/examples
Assonance and consonant rhyme The assonance rhyme is one where only the vowel sounds coincide in the last syllable of each verse,…
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Types of phonological processes/definition with elaboration
Phonological processes Phonological processes are the patterns that young children use to simplify adult speech. All children use these processes…
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Difference Between Pitch and Intonation/falling/rising/partial
Pitch Pitch is the degree of highness or lowness of a tone. It is governed by the rate of vibrations…
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Prosodic accent examples/characteristics/sharp/grave words
Prosodic accent The prosodic accent is one that is obtained after applying greater intensity of pronunciation to one of the syllables…
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Types of morphemes with examples/definition/properties
Morpheme It is a dependent moneme capable of expressing meaning. When attached to a lexeme (non-dependent moneme), the morpheme is…
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Free morpheme examples/definition/other types of morpheme
Morpheme Before establishing and knowing what an independent morpheme is, let’s see what a morpheme is since independence is only a…
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