SLO1 WGU EXAM (2025/2026) Updated: EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ACCUR
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1. Semantics Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
2. Pragmatics The study of how context and situation affect meaning
3. Homonym To, too, two
4. Homograph Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
5. Discourse Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
6. Deixis Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
7. Anaphora Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
8. Anomaly Violation of semantic rules
9. Phonetic alpha- Represent phonetics segments of speech
bet
Cat - /k/ae/t/
10. Orthography Written form of a language
11. Glottis Opening between the vocal cords
12. Obstruent Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
13. Sonorant Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
14. Suprasegmental Prosodic features
15. Manner of articu- Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
lation
, SLO1 WGU EXAM (2025/2026) Updated: EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ACCUR
ANSWERS | GET IT RIGHT!!
16. Place of articula- Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the production of speech
tion sounds
17. Bilabial Sounds made by bringing the lips together
18. Labiodental Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
19. Alveolar Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
20. Palatal Raising front part of tongue to the palate
21. Velar Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
22. Uvular Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
23. Voiced Sounds using voice
24. Voiceless Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
25. Oral Air escaping through mouth
26. Nasal Air through nose
27. Overgeneraliza- When Lang learners apply certain rule to situations where the rule doesn't work
tion
Cutted, eated, runned
28. LAD/Universal Language acquisition device/universal grammar: device in brain which is where
Grammar language is acquired
29. Critical period hy- Lenneberg: there is a window of opportunity for people to acquire a first language
pothesis
30. Caretaker talk
ANSWERS | GET IT RIGHT!!
1. Semantics Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
2. Pragmatics The study of how context and situation affect meaning
3. Homonym To, too, two
4. Homograph Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
5. Discourse Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
6. Deixis Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
7. Anaphora Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
8. Anomaly Violation of semantic rules
9. Phonetic alpha- Represent phonetics segments of speech
bet
Cat - /k/ae/t/
10. Orthography Written form of a language
11. Glottis Opening between the vocal cords
12. Obstruent Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
13. Sonorant Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
14. Suprasegmental Prosodic features
15. Manner of articu- Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
lation
, SLO1 WGU EXAM (2025/2026) Updated: EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ACCUR
ANSWERS | GET IT RIGHT!!
16. Place of articula- Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the production of speech
tion sounds
17. Bilabial Sounds made by bringing the lips together
18. Labiodental Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
19. Alveolar Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
20. Palatal Raising front part of tongue to the palate
21. Velar Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
22. Uvular Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
23. Voiced Sounds using voice
24. Voiceless Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
25. Oral Air escaping through mouth
26. Nasal Air through nose
27. Overgeneraliza- When Lang learners apply certain rule to situations where the rule doesn't work
tion
Cutted, eated, runned
28. LAD/Universal Language acquisition device/universal grammar: device in brain which is where
Grammar language is acquired
29. Critical period hy- Lenneberg: there is a window of opportunity for people to acquire a first language
pothesis
30. Caretaker talk
