In measurements of sound pressure or loudness of sound, one pascal is equal to 94 decibels SPL. The quietest sound a human can hear, known as the threshold of hearing, is 0 dB SPL, or 20 ÂµPa. The airtightness of buildings is measured at 50 Pa.
WEAVER++ defines phonological encoding as the process by which the phonological code (i.e., phonemes or syllables) of a word is retrieved and reassembled in an incremental, just-in-time manner to allow for efficient construction of phonological words.
Different models of phonology contribute to our knowledge of phonological representations and processes: 1  In classical phonemics, phonemes and their possible combinations are central. 2  In standard generative phonology, distinctive features are central. In classical phonemics, phonemes and their possible combinations are central. 2  In standard generative phonology, distinctive features are central. 3  A stream of speech is portrayed as linear sequence of discrete sound-segments. 4  Each segment is composed of simultaneously occurring features.