Linguistics (EXAM 1) questions &
answers graded A+
prescriptive rules - correct answer ✔✔ Don't split infinitives, don't use double negation, don't
end a sentence with a preposition
Tacit Knowledge - correct answer ✔✔ things we get right without being able to say how we do
it (like walking, vision)
phonology - correct answer ✔✔ sounds and sound patterns
morphology - correct answer ✔✔ word forms
syntax - correct answer ✔✔ patterns of sequence of words
semantics - correct answer ✔✔ meaning
language faculty - correct answer ✔✔ mental system that converts a physical signal into
meaning or vice versa
phoneme - correct answer ✔✔ the smallest segment of speech that leads to meaningful
contrasts between words
vocal tract - correct answer ✔✔ source and filter
what is the filter made up of? - correct answer ✔✔ pharynx and oral cavity
, what is the source? - correct answer ✔✔ vocal folds
amplitude - correct answer ✔✔ measure of force applied to an area of air during compression
and rarefaction
frequency - correct answer ✔✔ measure of the number of compression cycles that a wave
completes in a given unit of time
varying the amplitude doesn't result in changes in phonemes, only changes in________, so
amplitude is not a critical of speech sounds - correct answer ✔✔ volume
varying the frequency doesn't result in changes in the phonemes, only changes in _____, so
frequency is no a critical property of speech sounds - correct answer ✔✔ pitch
fundamental frequency - correct answer ✔✔ lowest frequency or the frequency of the vocal
chords
harmonics - correct answer ✔✔ other frequencies
resonance - correct answer ✔✔ an increase in amplitude for certain frequencies
formants - correct answer ✔✔ highest amplitude peaks created by humans
source - correct answer ✔✔ vocal folds
filter - correct answer ✔✔ vocal tract
answers graded A+
prescriptive rules - correct answer ✔✔ Don't split infinitives, don't use double negation, don't
end a sentence with a preposition
Tacit Knowledge - correct answer ✔✔ things we get right without being able to say how we do
it (like walking, vision)
phonology - correct answer ✔✔ sounds and sound patterns
morphology - correct answer ✔✔ word forms
syntax - correct answer ✔✔ patterns of sequence of words
semantics - correct answer ✔✔ meaning
language faculty - correct answer ✔✔ mental system that converts a physical signal into
meaning or vice versa
phoneme - correct answer ✔✔ the smallest segment of speech that leads to meaningful
contrasts between words
vocal tract - correct answer ✔✔ source and filter
what is the filter made up of? - correct answer ✔✔ pharynx and oral cavity
, what is the source? - correct answer ✔✔ vocal folds
amplitude - correct answer ✔✔ measure of force applied to an area of air during compression
and rarefaction
frequency - correct answer ✔✔ measure of the number of compression cycles that a wave
completes in a given unit of time
varying the amplitude doesn't result in changes in phonemes, only changes in________, so
amplitude is not a critical of speech sounds - correct answer ✔✔ volume
varying the frequency doesn't result in changes in the phonemes, only changes in _____, so
frequency is no a critical property of speech sounds - correct answer ✔✔ pitch
fundamental frequency - correct answer ✔✔ lowest frequency or the frequency of the vocal
chords
harmonics - correct answer ✔✔ other frequencies
resonance - correct answer ✔✔ an increase in amplitude for certain frequencies
formants - correct answer ✔✔ highest amplitude peaks created by humans
source - correct answer ✔✔ vocal folds
filter - correct answer ✔✔ vocal tract
