Suits—Diction Fall, 2025: Final Exam Review

These flashcards cover the key vocabulary and concepts for understanding the material related to diction and phonetics as discussed in the lecture notes.

Diction

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

IPA

International Phonetic Alphabet, a system for phonetic notation.

Diphthong

A complex vowel sound that begins with one vowel sound and glides into another.

Tripthong

A vowel sound that consists of three vowel sounds within the same syllable.

N transference

A phenomenon in singing where 'n' before a consonant is pronounced as 'm'.

Tonic accent

The emphasis placed on a particular syllable or word in a phrase.

Apocopation

The omission of one or more sounds from the end of a word.

Elision

The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking.

Intervocalic s

The pronunciation of 's' between vowels, which can be voiced or unvoiced.

Glides

Vowel sounds that start at one vowel and glide to another, affecting vowel pronunciation.

Schwa

The unstressed and neutral vowel sound, represented as [ə] in IPA.

Relative brightness of vowels

Difference in vowel quality perceived as brightness or darkness across languages.

Digraph

A pair of characters used together to represent a single sound.