Phonetics, phonology and prosodics

• What is a phoneme?

  A single unit of sound
• What is a grapheme?

  A way of writing down a phoneme
• What is a dipthong?

  Two vowel sounds within the same syllable
• What is an accent?

  A distinctive way of pronouncing a language
• What is a post-alveolar fricactive?

  Sh
• What is an alveolar fricative?

  S & Z
• What is a dental fricative?

  Th
• What is a labio-dental fricative?

  F & V
• What is a velar nasal?

  Ng
• What is an alveolar nasal?

  N
• What is a bi-labial nasal?

  M
• What is a velar plosive?

  G & K
• What is an alveolar plosive?

  T & D
• What is a bi-labial plosive?

  P & B
• What is a syllable?

  A unit of pronounciation
• What is accommodation?

  How conversation participants adjust their action, diction or other aspects of language according to the speech style of the other participant