Consonant features:

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Consonant features
Voicing
Place
Manner
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Voicing
Voiceless- vocal folds are open
The larynx and glottis
Voiced- vocal folds vibrate
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Places of Articulation
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Manner
Stop- the vocal tract is fully obstructed
Fricative- the vocal tract is nearly obstructed,
causing frication
Affricate- a stop-fricative combination
considered one sound
Nasal- the velum is lowered, allowing air to
pass through the nasal cavity
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Manner
Liquid- the constriction is not narrow enough to
block or cause turbulence
lateral- the sides of the tongue are down
retroflex- the tongue is curled up backwards
Glide- there is only slight closure
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Vowel features
Height
Backness
Rounding
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Vowels
Height- how high is the tongue?
i, I, U, u
e, , o
E, v, ç
Q, a
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Vowels
Backness- how far back is the tongue?
i e E Q
u U o A
v
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Vowels
Rounding- are the lips rounded?
i e E Q
u U o ç
v
unrounded
rounded
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What is Morphology?
The study of language at the level of the word
word formation and the grammatical marking of
words
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What is a word?
root
affix
devilment
devil
devil
ment
deviltry
devilish
root- the base part of a word
devilfish
affix-the supplemental part of a word
she-devil
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Parts of a word
suffix
prefix
-freaking-
un
believe
un
able
believ
infix
root
suffix- an affix added to the end of a word
prefix- an affix added to the beginning of a word
infix- an affix added within a word
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What is a morpheme?
A minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function
this means that it cant be divided any further
without becoming meaningless or functionless
silly
ne
silliness
ness
ss
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devilment
deviltry
devil
devilish
she-devil
derivation- the process of creating words out of
other words
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devil
devils
glop
glop
glops
glopped
inflection- the creation of different grammatical
forms of a word