ARTICULATION & PERCEPTION

ARTICULATION & PERCEPTION

1. Ears and eyes are the organs that we use to perceive the signals we consider language

   • For example, traffic signals we that red light means stop

2. PHONEMES

   • Written symbols in slant brackets
   • MINIMAL PAIR CONTRAST
     • Finding two separate words in the language that sound almost, but not completelyidentical
       • Beso Peso Bata Mata Bata Gata Bota Toca
   • HOMOPHONES
     • When different words sound exactly alike
       • Al El Ajo Ojo Amo Humo Ajo Hijo
   • INTERVOCALIC POSITION
     • Consonant occur in medial position between vowels
       • Al Sal Beso Peso

3. ALLOPHONES

   • Phonetic symbols are written in square brackets
   • Refers to variant articulations of a phoneme
     • ASPIRATION
     • VOWEL LENGTHNING
     • BILABIAL STOPS
     • VOICELESS
     • VOICED