SHS 250 Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Phonetics - CORRECT ANSWERS study of perception and production of speech
sounds
Articulators - CORRECT ANSWERS the parts of the oral tract that are used to
produced sounds; two things coming together (i.e. Lips coming together, tongue to top)
Articulatory phonetics - CORRECT ANSWERS study of phonetics w emphasis on
position and movement of articulators
Acoustic phonetics - CORRECT ANSWERS study of phonetics with respect to the
physics of sound
Clinical phonetics - CORRECT ANSWERS apply concepts of phonetics to disorders;
Describe the way ppl are producing sounds
Perceptual discrimination - CORRECT ANSWERS use a symbol to indicate how
someone is producing a sound (i.e. A regular /s/ and an /s/ with a lisp)
Transcription - CORRECT ANSWERS use of symbols to represent the production of
speech sounds
Broad transcription - CORRECT ANSWERS general detail, more than one symbol,
Just enough to understand what the person is saying
Narrow transcription - CORRECT ANSWERS fine detail, more than one symbol, adds
phonetic detail to broad transcription using diacritics (i.e. They way they said it was it
distorted, & in what way was it distorted)
Principles of phonetics... - CORRECT ANSWERS - isomorphism: one symbol for one
sound
, - a sound is written the same all the time
- no silent letters
- symbols don't change
Language - CORRECT ANSWERS system that uses sounds, signs, symbols to
communicate
Speech - CORRECT ANSWERS a pattern of sounds produced by movement of the
speech organs, also a pattern of acoustic vibration
Dialect - CORRECT ANSWERS a subset within a language of patterns of use based on
regional or social boundaries
(i.e. Patterns of phoneme use, word choice, grammar)
Taxonomy of language - CORRECT ANSWERS - conversation (sentences)
- phrases
- words
- morphemes
- phonemes
- allophones
Morphemes - CORRECT ANSWERS in language, the smallest unit of meaning (i.e.
Dividing words up: un-want-ed, each is a morpheme because they each have meaning)
Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWERS smallest unit of sound that can affect the meaning
(i.e. Bat; if u change the /b/ to a /s/ or /p/ it's a diff word and a different meaning)
Allophones - CORRECT ANSWERS variations on a phoneme that don't change the
meaning (i.e. Distorted word, the way its pronounced)
Language: areas of study - CORRECT ANSWERS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Phonetics - CORRECT ANSWERS study of perception and production of speech
sounds
Articulators - CORRECT ANSWERS the parts of the oral tract that are used to
produced sounds; two things coming together (i.e. Lips coming together, tongue to top)
Articulatory phonetics - CORRECT ANSWERS study of phonetics w emphasis on
position and movement of articulators
Acoustic phonetics - CORRECT ANSWERS study of phonetics with respect to the
physics of sound
Clinical phonetics - CORRECT ANSWERS apply concepts of phonetics to disorders;
Describe the way ppl are producing sounds
Perceptual discrimination - CORRECT ANSWERS use a symbol to indicate how
someone is producing a sound (i.e. A regular /s/ and an /s/ with a lisp)
Transcription - CORRECT ANSWERS use of symbols to represent the production of
speech sounds
Broad transcription - CORRECT ANSWERS general detail, more than one symbol,
Just enough to understand what the person is saying
Narrow transcription - CORRECT ANSWERS fine detail, more than one symbol, adds
phonetic detail to broad transcription using diacritics (i.e. They way they said it was it
distorted, & in what way was it distorted)
Principles of phonetics... - CORRECT ANSWERS - isomorphism: one symbol for one
sound
, - a sound is written the same all the time
- no silent letters
- symbols don't change
Language - CORRECT ANSWERS system that uses sounds, signs, symbols to
communicate
Speech - CORRECT ANSWERS a pattern of sounds produced by movement of the
speech organs, also a pattern of acoustic vibration
Dialect - CORRECT ANSWERS a subset within a language of patterns of use based on
regional or social boundaries
(i.e. Patterns of phoneme use, word choice, grammar)
Taxonomy of language - CORRECT ANSWERS - conversation (sentences)
- phrases
- words
- morphemes
- phonemes
- allophones
Morphemes - CORRECT ANSWERS in language, the smallest unit of meaning (i.e.
Dividing words up: un-want-ed, each is a morpheme because they each have meaning)
Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWERS smallest unit of sound that can affect the meaning
(i.e. Bat; if u change the /b/ to a /s/ or /p/ it's a diff word and a different meaning)
Allophones - CORRECT ANSWERS variations on a phoneme that don't change the
meaning (i.e. Distorted word, the way its pronounced)
Language: areas of study - CORRECT ANSWERS
