Phonology and morphology glossary
Terms that have specialised meaning in phonology and/or morphology.
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SpectrogramA continuous analytic display of acoustic properties of sound over time, showing which frequencies are emphasized at each moment. | |
SpectrumA display of the amplitude of sound at all frequencies, taken at a single point in time. | |
SpirantizationThe phenomenon that a stop changes into the corresponding fricative. | |
Stative verbA verb with the semantic property of referring to a state of existence, rather than a physical action (e.g. be is a stative verb in English). | |
StemThe part of a word to which inflections attach. | |
StimulusIn psycholinguistics, a test item presented to a participant during the course of an experiment. Plural: stimuli. | |
StopA sound where the flow of air is completely obstructed. Stops may be nasal stops (such as [n]) or oral stops (such as [t]). | |
StressA form of prosodic prominence typically associated with greater length, greater loudness and higher pitch within the syllable. In many languages, there is more than one degree of stress. For example, in the English word international there is primary stress on the third syllable and secondary stress on the first syllable. | |
Stress shiftA phonological rule or morphological operation which involves changing the syllable in a word which carries primary stress. | |