Linguistic Test 8

The rhythmical arrangement of syllables in verse, according to the number and types of feet used

Metre

Rhythm

Foot

Juncture

An individual occurrence of a phoneme in a particular word in a position in which it contrasts with other phonemes

Meta phone

Allophone

Macro phoneme

Micro phoneme

Sound that involves contact between the two lips

Bilabial

Dental

Labiodental

Apico-dental

Any phonological process in which a word or (more commonly) a sequence of words is reduced by the removal of some internal material, possibly with the application of some further phonological processes

Contractions

Abbreviated form

Constriction

Short form

The process by which a speaker consciously adjusts her/his speech towards a different variety perceived as more desirable

Adaptation

Convergence

Politeness

Impoliteness

Two words of distinct meaning which exhibit different segments at one point but identical segments at all other points

Self-repair

Adjacency pair

Similar pair

Minimal pair

Voice quality where whisper is combined with voicing

Breathy voice

Aspirated voice

Creaky voice

Soft voice

Any segment which is a plosive, a nasal a fricative or a lateral resonant - in other words, any segment other than a central resonant

Approximants

Consonants

Contoids

Vowels

Vowels where the back part of the tongue is raised

Lower vowel

Front vowel

Upper vowel

Back vowel

A process where one sound is influenced by the characteristics of an adjacent sound.

Conversion

Assimilation

Deletion

Elision

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