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SLO1 WGU Questions and Answers
Semantics
Ans: Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and
sentences
Pragmatics
Ans: The study of how context and situation affect meaning
Homonym
Ans: To, too, two
Homograph
Ans: Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
Metaphor
Ans: Non literal meaning
Idiom
Ans: Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
Discourse
Ans: Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
Deixis
Ans: Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
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Anaphora
Ans: Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
Anomaly
Ans: Violation of semantic rules
Phonetic alphabet
Ans: Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
Allomorph
Ans: Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
Orthography
Ans: Written form of a language
Glottis
Ans: Opening between the vocal cords
Obstruent
Ans: Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and
affricates
Sonorant
Ans: Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
Suprasegmental
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Ans: Prosodic features
Manner of articulation
Ans: Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
Place of articulation
Ans: Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the
production of speech sounds
Bilabial
Ans: Sounds made by bringing the lips together
Labiodental
Ans: Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
Alveolar
Ans: Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
Palatal
Ans: Raising front part of tongue to the palate
Velar
Ans: Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
Uvular
Ans: Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
Voiced
Ans: Sounds using voice
Voiceless
Ans: Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
Oral
© 2025 All rights reserved
SLO1 WGU Questions and Answers
Semantics
Ans: Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and
sentences
Pragmatics
Ans: The study of how context and situation affect meaning
Homonym
Ans: To, too, two
Homograph
Ans: Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
Metaphor
Ans: Non literal meaning
Idiom
Ans: Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
Discourse
Ans: Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
Deixis
Ans: Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
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Anaphora
Ans: Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
Anomaly
Ans: Violation of semantic rules
Phonetic alphabet
Ans: Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
Allomorph
Ans: Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
Orthography
Ans: Written form of a language
Glottis
Ans: Opening between the vocal cords
Obstruent
Ans: Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and
affricates
Sonorant
Ans: Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
Suprasegmental
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, 3 | Page
Ans: Prosodic features
Manner of articulation
Ans: Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
Place of articulation
Ans: Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the
production of speech sounds
Bilabial
Ans: Sounds made by bringing the lips together
Labiodental
Ans: Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
Alveolar
Ans: Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
Palatal
Ans: Raising front part of tongue to the palate
Velar
Ans: Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
Uvular
Ans: Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
Voiced
Ans: Sounds using voice
Voiceless
Ans: Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
Oral
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