SHS 120 UIUC Exam 1 COPY #1 Questions with correct
answers
How are speech and language "separate but related" aspects of communication? -
✔✔-Language is the rule governed, code based tool a person uses to represent
thoughts and ideas
-Speech is the neuromuscular process by which humans turn language into a
sound signal and transmit it through the air
-Once individuals formulate thoughts and ideas, they can communicate them to
other people using speech
-Language does not depend on speech but speech depends on language
Explain how a message travels from a speaker's thought to a listener's
understanding of that message. - ✔✔-Formulation
-Transmission
-Reception
-Comprehension
communication - ✔✔The sending and receiving of information, ideas, feelings or
messages between persons or groups
speech - ✔✔The highly complex physiological process of PRODUCING orally the
sounds and sound sequences that comprise a language
language - ✔✔Complex and DYNAMIC system of CONVENTIONAL SYMBOLS that is
used in various modes for thought and COMMUNICATION
,hearing - ✔✔the sensory system that receives external vibrations from a sound
source and channels this acoustic information to the auditory centers of the brain
formulation (language production) - ✔✔put thoughts and ideas into words to
share with others
-Involves language. Language production
transmission - ✔✔fluently express thoughts and ideas to others
-Involves speech
(speech vs sign vs writing vs gesture)
reception - ✔✔receive the communication sent by another person
-Involves hearing
comprehension - ✔✔interpret communication sent by another person
-Involves language
linguistic communication - ✔✔Written words
Manual signs
Spoken words
non-linguistic communication - ✔✔Gestures
Vocalizations (scream)
Body language
, How are words organized in the mental lexicon? - ✔✔By meaning and sound
structure
form - ✔✔structure of language
phonology, morphology, syntax
content - ✔✔meaning (syntax)
use - ✔✔Function (pragmatics)
phonology - ✔✔physiological sound structure of PRODUCING sounds
mental representation of sound system in the mind
morphology - ✔✔study of the internal structure of words
syntax - ✔✔The study of internal structure of sentences
(MEANING)
Rules for ordering word classes to build phrases and sentences
semantics - ✔✔the content or meaning of a language. Involves knowledge about
concepts
pragmatics - ✔✔The study of how speakers use language to achieve some
outcome/purpose
answers
How are speech and language "separate but related" aspects of communication? -
✔✔-Language is the rule governed, code based tool a person uses to represent
thoughts and ideas
-Speech is the neuromuscular process by which humans turn language into a
sound signal and transmit it through the air
-Once individuals formulate thoughts and ideas, they can communicate them to
other people using speech
-Language does not depend on speech but speech depends on language
Explain how a message travels from a speaker's thought to a listener's
understanding of that message. - ✔✔-Formulation
-Transmission
-Reception
-Comprehension
communication - ✔✔The sending and receiving of information, ideas, feelings or
messages between persons or groups
speech - ✔✔The highly complex physiological process of PRODUCING orally the
sounds and sound sequences that comprise a language
language - ✔✔Complex and DYNAMIC system of CONVENTIONAL SYMBOLS that is
used in various modes for thought and COMMUNICATION
,hearing - ✔✔the sensory system that receives external vibrations from a sound
source and channels this acoustic information to the auditory centers of the brain
formulation (language production) - ✔✔put thoughts and ideas into words to
share with others
-Involves language. Language production
transmission - ✔✔fluently express thoughts and ideas to others
-Involves speech
(speech vs sign vs writing vs gesture)
reception - ✔✔receive the communication sent by another person
-Involves hearing
comprehension - ✔✔interpret communication sent by another person
-Involves language
linguistic communication - ✔✔Written words
Manual signs
Spoken words
non-linguistic communication - ✔✔Gestures
Vocalizations (scream)
Body language
, How are words organized in the mental lexicon? - ✔✔By meaning and sound
structure
form - ✔✔structure of language
phonology, morphology, syntax
content - ✔✔meaning (syntax)
use - ✔✔Function (pragmatics)
phonology - ✔✔physiological sound structure of PRODUCING sounds
mental representation of sound system in the mind
morphology - ✔✔study of the internal structure of words
syntax - ✔✔The study of internal structure of sentences
(MEANING)
Rules for ordering word classes to build phrases and sentences
semantics - ✔✔the content or meaning of a language. Involves knowledge about
concepts
pragmatics - ✔✔The study of how speakers use language to achieve some
outcome/purpose
