SPA Exam 1 Study Guide questions well
answered graded A+ updated
the process by which two or more people share information, including facts, thoughts, ideas,
and feelings. Requires a sender and receiver. - correct answer ✔✔Communication
1. semantics
2. syntax
3. pragmatics
4. morphology
5. phonology - correct answer ✔✔What are the Fab 5?
our dictionary - what words are and what meanings they convey - correct answer ✔✔Semantics
the way words are combined in a language/word order - correct answer ✔✔Syntax
social use of language - correct answer ✔✔Pragmatics
the grammatical rules of a language (adding -ing, -ed, -s, eat/ate, run/ran) - correct answer
✔✔Morphology
the study of the sound system of a language, the ways in which sounds are produced,
classification of types of sounds, the meaning sounds carry, and the order in which sounds can
be used - correct answer ✔✔Phonology
aka free morphemes.
, The octopus has eight arms.
ex: fly, jump, popcorn, silver - correct answer ✔✔Lexical Morphemes
aka bound morphemes.
The octopus had eight arms.
ex: pumpkinS, scoreS, flew - correct answer ✔✔Grammatical Morphemes
any sounds produced during communitcation, whether meaningful or not - correct answer
✔✔Phone
to become a phoneme, the sound must carry meaning in the language - correct answer
✔✔Phoneme
a socially shared, rule based, generative, changeable, arbitrary system for sharing information -
correct answer ✔✔Language
the way language is produced as a transient vocal product - correct answer ✔✔Speech
Speech is the actual sound of spoken language, language refers to the whole system of words
and symbols that's used to communicate (non verbal, body language) - correct answer
✔✔Difference between language and speech:
Early 8, Mid 8, Late 8 - correct answer ✔✔Consonant Development
consistent by age 3: m, b, y, n, w, d, p, h - correct answer ✔✔Early 8
consistent by age 5 1/2: k, g, f, v, t, "ng", "J", "ch" - correct answer ✔✔Mid 8
answered graded A+ updated
the process by which two or more people share information, including facts, thoughts, ideas,
and feelings. Requires a sender and receiver. - correct answer ✔✔Communication
1. semantics
2. syntax
3. pragmatics
4. morphology
5. phonology - correct answer ✔✔What are the Fab 5?
our dictionary - what words are and what meanings they convey - correct answer ✔✔Semantics
the way words are combined in a language/word order - correct answer ✔✔Syntax
social use of language - correct answer ✔✔Pragmatics
the grammatical rules of a language (adding -ing, -ed, -s, eat/ate, run/ran) - correct answer
✔✔Morphology
the study of the sound system of a language, the ways in which sounds are produced,
classification of types of sounds, the meaning sounds carry, and the order in which sounds can
be used - correct answer ✔✔Phonology
aka free morphemes.
, The octopus has eight arms.
ex: fly, jump, popcorn, silver - correct answer ✔✔Lexical Morphemes
aka bound morphemes.
The octopus had eight arms.
ex: pumpkinS, scoreS, flew - correct answer ✔✔Grammatical Morphemes
any sounds produced during communitcation, whether meaningful or not - correct answer
✔✔Phone
to become a phoneme, the sound must carry meaning in the language - correct answer
✔✔Phoneme
a socially shared, rule based, generative, changeable, arbitrary system for sharing information -
correct answer ✔✔Language
the way language is produced as a transient vocal product - correct answer ✔✔Speech
Speech is the actual sound of spoken language, language refers to the whole system of words
and symbols that's used to communicate (non verbal, body language) - correct answer
✔✔Difference between language and speech:
Early 8, Mid 8, Late 8 - correct answer ✔✔Consonant Development
consistent by age 3: m, b, y, n, w, d, p, h - correct answer ✔✔Early 8
consistent by age 5 1/2: k, g, f, v, t, "ng", "J", "ch" - correct answer ✔✔Mid 8