Sound System of a Language
Phonology
What is Phonological Knowledge?
We all have instinctual knowledge of the phonemes of our own language
It allows us to produce sounds that form meaningful utterances (even if they are new)
It allows us to recognize and understand a foreign accent
What is phonology?
The study of the structure and systematic patterns of sounds in human language
It allows us to make up new words that “sound right”
It allows us to make up new words that “sound right”
It allows us to add appropriate sounds to make plurals, past tense, etc.
It allows us to know what is and what is not a sound in our own language.