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1. T/F: As an SLP, you would rely upon
True
articulatory pho- netics to teach someone
how to produce a sound.
False, substitution
2. T/F: A child who uses "W" instead of a "r" (e.g./
"wab- bit" instead of "rabbit") is an example
of a distortion.
3. T/F: Kit and cat are minimal pairs True
4. A symbol which allows you to indicate fine Diacritic/s
detail in a transcription is called a:
5. T/F: The IPAs main principle is that there are False
multiple symbols for one sound for one
sound so that tran- scribers have lots of
ways to represent speech.
6. Language A system that uses sounds,
signs or symbols to com-
municate
7. Speech A pattern of sounds pro-
duced by movement of the
speech organs
8. Dialect A subset of patterns with-
in a language based on
regional or social bound-
aries
9. Phonology The speech sound pat-
terns in language
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10. Semantics Meaning of words and
sentences
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11. Syntax The way words combine to
form sentences
12. Phonetics speech sounds
13. Morphology The structure of words
14. Morpheme smallest unit of meaning
15. Phoneme The smallest unit of sound
that can distinguish be-
tween morphemes
16. Taxonomy Breaking a large thing
down into smaller compo-
nents
17. T/F: Phonetic environment refers to the room in which False
the sound was recorded.
18. Phonemic Transcription Broad transcription,
using phonemes
19. Phonetic Transcription Narrow transcription,
us- ing phonemes and
allo- phones
20. "Subterranean" contains morphemes. 4
21. Gorilla contains morphemes. 1
22. "Success" consists of phonemes. 6
23. Analyzing word into phonemes (steps) 1. Separate word into syl-
lables, 2. Separate
Solutions
1. T/F: As an SLP, you would rely upon
True
articulatory pho- netics to teach someone
how to produce a sound.
False, substitution
2. T/F: A child who uses "W" instead of a "r" (e.g./
"wab- bit" instead of "rabbit") is an example
of a distortion.
3. T/F: Kit and cat are minimal pairs True
4. A symbol which allows you to indicate fine Diacritic/s
detail in a transcription is called a:
5. T/F: The IPAs main principle is that there are False
multiple symbols for one sound for one
sound so that tran- scribers have lots of
ways to represent speech.
6. Language A system that uses sounds,
signs or symbols to com-
municate
7. Speech A pattern of sounds pro-
duced by movement of the
speech organs
8. Dialect A subset of patterns with-
in a language based on
regional or social bound-
aries
9. Phonology The speech sound pat-
terns in language
, SHS 250 Final Exam Knowledge Checks With 100% Verified
Solutions
10. Semantics Meaning of words and
sentences
, SHS 250 Final Exam Knowledge Checks With 100% Verified
Solutions
11. Syntax The way words combine to
form sentences
12. Phonetics speech sounds
13. Morphology The structure of words
14. Morpheme smallest unit of meaning
15. Phoneme The smallest unit of sound
that can distinguish be-
tween morphemes
16. Taxonomy Breaking a large thing
down into smaller compo-
nents
17. T/F: Phonetic environment refers to the room in which False
the sound was recorded.
18. Phonemic Transcription Broad transcription,
using phonemes
19. Phonetic Transcription Narrow transcription,
us- ing phonemes and
allo- phones
20. "Subterranean" contains morphemes. 4
21. Gorilla contains morphemes. 1
22. "Success" consists of phonemes. 6
23. Analyzing word into phonemes (steps) 1. Separate word into syl-
lables, 2. Separate
