Underlying representationIn some models of phonology as well as morphophonology in the field of linguistics, the underlying representation (UR) or underlying form (UF) of a word or morpheme is the abstract form that a word or morpheme is postulated to have before any phonological rules have been applied to it. In contrast, a surface representation is the phonetic representation of the word or sound. The concept of an underlying representation is central to generative grammar.
MorphophonologieEn linguistique, la morphophonologie est une discipline dont le domaine constitue une zone d’interférence de la morphologie et de la phonologie. Elle étudie les facteurs phonologiques qui affectent les morphèmes, respectivement les facteurs morphologiques qui affectent les phonèmes. Ce domaine comprend la constitution phonologique des morphèmes, les différences phonologiques entre variantes de morphèmes et les changements phonologiques dans la zone de contact de deux morphèmes.
Prononciation de l'anglaisLa prononciation de l'anglais varie considérablement dans sa phonologie, principalement en raison de son histoire, à travers différentes périodes historiques distinctes, et de son expansion géographique.
Distinctive featureIn linguistics, a distinctive feature is the most basic unit of phonological structure that distinguishes one sound from another within a language. For example, the feature [voice] distinguishes the two bilabial plosives: [p] and [b]. There are many different ways of defining and arranging features into feature systems: some deal with only one language while others are developed to apply to all languages. Distinctive features are grouped into categories according to the natural classes of segments they describe: major class features, laryngeal features, manner features, and place features.
