Phonology is a branch of linguistics that studies how languages or dialects systematically organize their sounds (or constituent parts of signs, in sign languages). The term also refers to the sound or sign system of any particular language variety. At one time, the study of phonology only related to the study of the systems of phonemes in spoken languages.

Sep 10, 2010 · Phonology •Phonology is largely concerned with the contrastive sounds of a language. •Using the letter analogy again: <b> and <c> are contrastive, because bat and cat are minimally different and have different meanings. <a> and <A> are not contrastive, because ant and Ant are minimally different but have the same meaning.

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v Contents Preface to the fourth edition ix List of symbols x Chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet xii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 How the course is organised 1 1.2 The English Phonetics and Phonology website 2 1.3 Phonemes and other aspects of pronunciation 2 1.4 Accents and dialects 3 2 The production of speech sounds 8 2.1 Articulators above the larynx 8 2.2 Vowel …

Phonology – HW2 Name: ANSWERS Part I. Consider the following data based on Chatino, a language of Mexico. This language contains voiced and voiceless vowels. (Voiceless vowels sound “whispery.”) Voiceless vowels are indicated with a small circle under the vowel (like voiceless liquids and glides), e.g., [a], [u].