Phonology terminology

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stress
intonation
phoneme
phonology
semi-vowel
allophone
consonants
vowels
minimal pairs
voice
sounds made by restricting air flow
emphasis on a word or syllable
the difference between /f/ and /v/ or /b/ and /p/
the study of the sounds of a language
words which are distinguished by only a single phoneme
sounds made by non-restricted air flow
the /l/ sound in lip vs. the /l/ sound in pool
looks like a consonant, sounds like a vowel
changes in pitch
smallest unit of meaningful sound