Nuts & Bolts The human instrumentAnd adapting it for speech Sets, building and branchingBuilding sets by binary branching – at most two ways Growing from level to levelAll languages have levels of structure. Single words or signsNot as simple as they look SyllablesPulses in speech WordsThe word, word, is problematic. Sounds or letters?Not the same thing. MorphemesSmallest elements of meaning MarkednessStarting points and orderings UnderspecificationMinimising the storage Features‘Inside’ the sounds of speech. RhythmWith different sorts of beat IntonationWhat people are mostly talking about when they say that someone else has a ‘sing song’ voice. DerivationOne step after another Idiosyncracies and universalsWhat makes English English? Do you have an enquiry?Contact Me For a quick answer, more information would help.YesNo
