The system sound and listening
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The document discusses the system of sounds and listening in language. It addresses potential problems that can occur with segmentation, such as unstressed vowels being omitted, sounds alternating forms, and blending of contractions. Reduced speech is common in everyday conversations, with function words like pronouns and prepositions often shortened. Examples of reductions include "supposed to" becoming "supposta" and "don't know" becoming "donno". Chunking words into intonation units can be identified by criteria like the number of pitch contours and frequency of stressed syllable lengthening or pauses between units.
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- 1. The System Sound and Listening Presented by: Oscar Manuel Ramirez
- 2. Are Can be Can happens in Background Potential Segmentation Problems Problem with number Unstressed vowels Omitted sounds Alternation of the full form Prepositions Pronouns Auxiliary Verbs The Sound System and Listening Conjunction s Blending Contractions Assimilation Articles Common phonological process by which one sound becomes more like a nearby sound Spoken two-word sequences that observe a Word boundary. Conventionalized written sequences that observe a Word boundary Such as Chunking WordsReduced Speech Function Word Verbal phrases reduction Straightforward reductions Ambiguous reductions Segmentation Happen in
- 3. Reduced Speech Verbal Phrases Reductions Straightforward Reductions Ambiguous Reductions Used to: usta Supposed to: supposta Ought to: oughta Got to : gotta Have to : hafta Has to : Hasta Don’t know : donno Might have : mighta Must have : musta Should have : shoulda What do you mean? What do you doing? Whaddaya
- 4. Segmentation Why try A tease Is Ann around? Joan Elson Paid A White rye At ease Is Anna round? Joe Nelson Pay day My turn Key punching May Karen Paula praised A tax on city buses Nitrate Might turn Keep punching Make Karen Paul appraised Attacks on city buses Night rate
- 5. Chunking words Criteria 3 Intonation units 2 intonation units Number of unified pitch contours 3 pitch contours: Alfred/ said the boss/ is stupid 2 pitch contours: Alfred said/ the boss is stupid Frequency of lengthening of unit final stressed syllable 3 lengthened syllables: Alfred BOSS STUpid 2 lengthened syllables: Alfred STUpid Number of pauses 3 pauses, after: Alfred Boss Stupid 2 pauses, after: Said Stupid Frequency of pitch reset 2 pitch resets, at: Said Is 1 pitch reset, at: The boss