Lernkarten
Lingua Franca
a language that is used for communication by people who do not share a common native language
Minimal Pairs
words that differ in just one sound in the same position
e.g. hit, fit
Motivation
semantic transparency, meaning of the whole word can be deduced from the meaning of its parts
e.g. teapot
Opaqueness
opposite of transparent
e.g. breakfast <to break the fast>
Blocked/Unique Morphemes
Certain morhpemes are used in one word-formation only {Mon-] in Monday {cran-] in cranberry
Portmanteau morpheme
Whenevery an element of language contains the meaning of more that one morpheme but cannot be divided into different morphemes on a formal level, it's called portmanteau morpheme.
e.g. took combines {take} and {-D} but cannot be divided into two morphemes on a formal level
Productivity
productive morphemes:
{-er} for agentive nouns --> singer, dancer, teacher
unproductive/nonproductive morphemes:
{-the} for derivation Adj --> noun length, width
Perspectives within phonetics
1. articulatory phonetics: production of sounds, what to do in our mouth
2. acoustic phonetics: transmission of sounds, physica qualities e.g. volume, duration, frequency
3. auditory phonetics: perception of sounds, intake through the ear, processing in the brain
