Chapter 2: Linguistic Organization

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Chapter 2 Linguistic Organization

• Mafuyu Kitahara
• 2006-10-19

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• Review of Chapter 1 speech chain
• This book describe each link of the chain
• This chapter linguistic level, units, function
• Units of language symbols
• person on a wheelchair
• Language symbols and rules to assemble them

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• Words consist of smaller units phonemes
• heed, hid, head, had difference in the middle
• Phoneme such distinguishing sounds in a
  language
• Table 2.1 Phonemes of GA English
• 14 vowels and 24 consonants
• Syllable a vowel surrounded by one or more
  consonants

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• In English
• Impossible syllable ngees, ngoot
• Possible syllable up to 2000
• Words typically 1 or 2 syllables, 2-5phonemes
• Word frequency
• Use only 5000-10000 words most of the time