Speech Production, Phonetics, and Phonology Concepts

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts related to speech production, phonetics, phonology, grammar, reasoning, and ethical writing practices.

Ventral Sensorimotor Cortex (vSMC)

The part of the human brain responsible for controlling speech production by coordinating the movements of speech organs.

Speech Production

The cognitive processes that convert nonlinguistic conceptual ideas into spoken language through coordinated muscle movements.

Phoneme

The smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning.

Articulatory Phonetics

The branch of phonetics that studies how speech sounds are produced using the vocal tract.

Auditory Phonetics

The study of how we perceive and hear sounds, involving the physiological processes of the ear and brain.

Acoustic Phonetics

The study of the physical properties of speech sounds, including sound waves, frequency, and amplitude.

Segmental Phonology

The study of phonemes and their patterns in language.

Suprasegmental Phonology

The study of features that extend over more than one phoneme, such as intonation, stress, and rhythm in speech.

Minimal Pair

A pair of words that differ by only one phoneme, which changes their meanings.

Cognitive Processes in Speech

The mental activities involved in planning, producing, and monitoring spoken language.

Direct Speech

The exact words spoken by a person, which are quoted and placed in quotation marks.

Indirect Speech

A paraphrase of what someone said without quoting their exact words, typically using a reporting verb.

Grammar

The study of the rules governing the structure of sentences, including word formation and sentence construction.

Inductive Reasoning

The process of drawing general conclusions from specific instances or observations.

Deductive Reasoning

The process of drawing specific conclusions from general premises or principles.

Causal Reasoning

The process of establishing cause-and-effect relationships between different events or situations.

Plagiarism

The act of presenting someone else's work, ideas, or phrases as one's own without proper acknowledgment.

Punctuation

The use of symbols in writing that help clarify meaning and separate ideas in sentences.

Comprehension Skills

The abilities required to understand and interpret written or spoken language effectively.