SPAU 4308 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Langauge - CORRECT ANSWER - A code whereby ideas about the world are represented
through a conventional
system of arbitrary signals for communication" (Bloom, 1988)
A system in which rules or regularities guide: which coded symbols may be combined with other
symbols n in what order.
-what symbols can be used in what situations
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER - the sending and receiving of messages,
information, ideas, or feelings.
Broadest of all three terms: any behavior or action that conveys a message
-crying, throat clear
Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - oral expression of language
- Sensorimotor process
Respiration - CORRECT ANSWER - coordinated, rapid muscular activities of the chest
Sensorimotor processes of speech - CORRECT ANSWER - respiration, phonation,
articulation, resonation
Resonation - CORRECT ANSWER - modification of the vocal tone produced by changing
the shape and size of the spaces in the vocal tract (pharynx, oral cavity, nasal cavity)
Articulation - CORRECT ANSWER - modification of the sound into a vowel or consonant
by movement of the tongue, jaw, lips & palate
, Phonation - CORRECT ANSWER - production of the sound through vibration of the vocal
cords
extralinguistic aspects of communication - CORRECT ANSWER - Paralinguistic
Nonlinguistic
Metalinguistics
Metalinguistics - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability to communicate, talk about, or
analyze language
The ability to distance oneself from the content of speech to reflect upon and manipulate the
structure of language
- Identifying and generating rhyming wordsn Riddle: "What is black and white and red all over?"
Newspapers!
Paralinguistic - CORRECT ANSWER - prosody
Includes many components, such as intonation, stress, rhythm/timing/pause
Serves many communicative functions; can be used to modify or enhance the meaning of a
spoken message
Nonlinguistic - CORRECT ANSWER - nonverbal communication
Transmits certain cues through facial expression, eye contact, gestures, body language (kinetics),
and use of space and physical distance between speakers (proxemics)
components of language - CORRECT ANSWER - Phonology
Semantics
Morphology
Syntax
Pragmatics
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Langauge - CORRECT ANSWER - A code whereby ideas about the world are represented
through a conventional
system of arbitrary signals for communication" (Bloom, 1988)
A system in which rules or regularities guide: which coded symbols may be combined with other
symbols n in what order.
-what symbols can be used in what situations
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER - the sending and receiving of messages,
information, ideas, or feelings.
Broadest of all three terms: any behavior or action that conveys a message
-crying, throat clear
Speech - CORRECT ANSWER - oral expression of language
- Sensorimotor process
Respiration - CORRECT ANSWER - coordinated, rapid muscular activities of the chest
Sensorimotor processes of speech - CORRECT ANSWER - respiration, phonation,
articulation, resonation
Resonation - CORRECT ANSWER - modification of the vocal tone produced by changing
the shape and size of the spaces in the vocal tract (pharynx, oral cavity, nasal cavity)
Articulation - CORRECT ANSWER - modification of the sound into a vowel or consonant
by movement of the tongue, jaw, lips & palate
, Phonation - CORRECT ANSWER - production of the sound through vibration of the vocal
cords
extralinguistic aspects of communication - CORRECT ANSWER - Paralinguistic
Nonlinguistic
Metalinguistics
Metalinguistics - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability to communicate, talk about, or
analyze language
The ability to distance oneself from the content of speech to reflect upon and manipulate the
structure of language
- Identifying and generating rhyming wordsn Riddle: "What is black and white and red all over?"
Newspapers!
Paralinguistic - CORRECT ANSWER - prosody
Includes many components, such as intonation, stress, rhythm/timing/pause
Serves many communicative functions; can be used to modify or enhance the meaning of a
spoken message
Nonlinguistic - CORRECT ANSWER - nonverbal communication
Transmits certain cues through facial expression, eye contact, gestures, body language (kinetics),
and use of space and physical distance between speakers (proxemics)
components of language - CORRECT ANSWER - Phonology
Semantics
Morphology
Syntax
Pragmatics
