Nuts & BoltsSome of the most essential parts of linguistics for speech and language therapy The human instrumentAnd adapting it for speech Sets, building and branchingAt 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. MorphemesThe smallest elements of meaning MarkednessStarting points and orderings UnderspecificationMinimising the storage Features‘Inside’ the sounds of speech. RhythmAnd metre or metricality in speech IntonationWhat people are mostly talking about when they say that someone 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
