SLO1 WGU – EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
\.Semantics - Answer- Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and
sentences
\.Pragmatics - Answer- The study of how context and situation affect meaning
\.Homonym - Answer- To, too, two
\.Homograph - Answer- Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
\.Metaphor - Answer- Non literal meaning
\.Idiom - Answer- Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
\.Discourse - Answer- Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
\.Deixis - Answer- Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
,\.Anaphora - Answer- Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
\.Anomaly - Answer- Violation of semantic rules
\.Phonetic alphabet - Answer- Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
\.Allomorph - Answer- Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
\.Orthography - Answer- Written form of a language
\.Glottis - Answer- Opening between the vocal cords
\.Obstruent - Answer- Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
\.Sonorant - Answer- Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
\.Suprasegmental - Answer- Prosodic features
\.Manner of articulation - Answer- Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
, \.Place of articulation - Answer- Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the
production of speech sounds
\.Bilabial - Answer- Sounds made by bringing the lips together
\.Labiodental - Answer- Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
\.Alveolar - Answer- Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
\.Palatal - Answer- Raising front part of tongue to the palate
\.Velar - Answer- Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
\.Uvular - Answer- Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
\.Voiced - Answer- Sounds using voice
\.Voiceless - Answer- Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
\.Oral - Answer- Air escaping through mouth
\.Nasal - Answer- Air through nose
\.Overgeneralization - Answer- When Lang learners apply certain rule to situations where the
rule doesn't work
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
\.Semantics - Answer- Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and
sentences
\.Pragmatics - Answer- The study of how context and situation affect meaning
\.Homonym - Answer- To, too, two
\.Homograph - Answer- Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
\.Metaphor - Answer- Non literal meaning
\.Idiom - Answer- Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
\.Discourse - Answer- Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
\.Deixis - Answer- Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
,\.Anaphora - Answer- Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
\.Anomaly - Answer- Violation of semantic rules
\.Phonetic alphabet - Answer- Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
\.Allomorph - Answer- Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
\.Orthography - Answer- Written form of a language
\.Glottis - Answer- Opening between the vocal cords
\.Obstruent - Answer- Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
\.Sonorant - Answer- Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
\.Suprasegmental - Answer- Prosodic features
\.Manner of articulation - Answer- Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
, \.Place of articulation - Answer- Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the
production of speech sounds
\.Bilabial - Answer- Sounds made by bringing the lips together
\.Labiodental - Answer- Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
\.Alveolar - Answer- Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
\.Palatal - Answer- Raising front part of tongue to the palate
\.Velar - Answer- Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
\.Uvular - Answer- Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
\.Voiced - Answer- Sounds using voice
\.Voiceless - Answer- Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
\.Oral - Answer- Air escaping through mouth
\.Nasal - Answer- Air through nose
\.Overgeneralization - Answer- When Lang learners apply certain rule to situations where the
rule doesn't work
