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Phonetics: Phonemic Symbols Level 1
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Phonetics: Same or Different Manners of Articulation- Consonants of the World 2.1
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Phonetics: Same or Different Manners of Articulation 1.1
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Phonetics: Counting Sounds 1.2
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Phonetics: Counting Sounds 1.1
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Psycholinguistics: Types of Speech Errors 1
An Introduction to Semiotics
Did you ever wonder why in English the word tree is used to refer to this mental image? Or why in French the same mental representation is named arbre? How is that the word crown can refer to a person (the Queen of England), a royal headpiece, and a synthetic cap used to repair a broken tooth? And most interesting is the fact that in each of these cases, the phonological form, or sounds of … [Read more...]
The Layers of Stratificational Grammar
This system of analysis is called stratificational because it is based upon the notion that every language comprises a restricted number of structural layers or strata, hierarchically related in such a way that units or combinations of units on one stratum realize units or combinations of units of the next higher stratum. The number of strata may vary from language to language. Four strata have … [Read more...]
Hierarchy of Levels Within the Grammar of Language
Within the grammar of a language there is a hierarchy of levels, units of one level being composed of sequences of units of the level below. In many languages, five such levels are recognized, defined in terms of the following units: morpheme, word, phrase, clause, and sentence. (The term level is being used in a different sense from that in which it was used earlier to refer to phonology and … [Read more...]
