SHS 250 Knowledge Checks Exam 3#1 Questions with
correct answers
T/F: As an SLP, you would rely upon articulatory phonetics to teach someone how
to produce a sound. - ✔✔True
T/F: A child who uses "W" instead of a "r" (e.g./ "wabbit" instead of "rabbit") is an
example of a distortion. - ✔✔False, substitution
T/F: Kit and cat are minimal pairs - ✔✔True
A symbol which allows you to indicate fine detail in a transcription is called a: -
✔✔Diacritic/s
T/F: The IPAs main principle is that there are multiple symbols for one sound for
one sound so that transcribers have lots of ways to represent speech. - ✔✔False
Language - ✔✔A system that uses sounds, signs or symbols to communicate
Speech - ✔✔A pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs
Dialect - ✔✔A subset of patterns within a language based on regional or social
boundaries
Phonology - ✔✔The speech sound patterns in language
, Semantics - ✔✔Meaning of words and sentences
Syntax - ✔✔The way words combine to form sentences
Phonetics - ✔✔speech sounds
Morphology - ✔✔The structure of words
Morpheme - ✔✔smallest unit of meaning
Phoneme - ✔✔The smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between
morphemes
Taxonomy - ✔✔Breaking a large thing down into smaller components
T/F: Phonetic environment refers to the room in which the sound was recorded. -
✔✔False
Phonemic Transcription - ✔✔Broad transcription, using phonemes
Phonetic Transcription - ✔✔Narrow transcription, using phonemes and
allophones
"Subterranean" contains __ morphemes. - ✔✔4
correct answers
T/F: As an SLP, you would rely upon articulatory phonetics to teach someone how
to produce a sound. - ✔✔True
T/F: A child who uses "W" instead of a "r" (e.g./ "wabbit" instead of "rabbit") is an
example of a distortion. - ✔✔False, substitution
T/F: Kit and cat are minimal pairs - ✔✔True
A symbol which allows you to indicate fine detail in a transcription is called a: -
✔✔Diacritic/s
T/F: The IPAs main principle is that there are multiple symbols for one sound for
one sound so that transcribers have lots of ways to represent speech. - ✔✔False
Language - ✔✔A system that uses sounds, signs or symbols to communicate
Speech - ✔✔A pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs
Dialect - ✔✔A subset of patterns within a language based on regional or social
boundaries
Phonology - ✔✔The speech sound patterns in language
, Semantics - ✔✔Meaning of words and sentences
Syntax - ✔✔The way words combine to form sentences
Phonetics - ✔✔speech sounds
Morphology - ✔✔The structure of words
Morpheme - ✔✔smallest unit of meaning
Phoneme - ✔✔The smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between
morphemes
Taxonomy - ✔✔Breaking a large thing down into smaller components
T/F: Phonetic environment refers to the room in which the sound was recorded. -
✔✔False
Phonemic Transcription - ✔✔Broad transcription, using phonemes
Phonetic Transcription - ✔✔Narrow transcription, using phonemes and
allophones
"Subterranean" contains __ morphemes. - ✔✔4
