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linguistics

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Competence
refers to the knowledge of a language system. The term first emerged in the work of Phonetics

is the study of the sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds (pho

Phonology

 subfield of linguistics which studies the sound system of a specific Morphology

the field within linguistics that studies the internal structure of words. (Words as units in the lexicon are the subject matter of syntax

 the study of the rules, or "patterned relations", that govern the way words combine to form phrases and phrases combine to form sentences.

Semantics

(refers to the aspects of meaning that are expressed in a language

Voicelessness

· Voicing

Vocal folds together but not closed.  Air passes between them and vibrates.
Characteristics Of Language

· Fields Of Linguistics

Phonetics 

Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Symantis 

Continuants
Sounds produced with continued airflow through the mouth.  Includes all vowels and glides, and some consonants. Stops are minus continuants fricatives are plus.
Vowels

· Consonants

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share some properties of both consonants and vowels.

 

They start like vowels, but move rapidly to another articulation, or

Articulation

Oral

Nasal 

Oral 
Velum (soft area toward back of roof of mouth)
tongue's five parts

· Places of Articulation

Lips (Labial)

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