SPA Exam 1 Study Guide questions with
correct answers
Communication - correct answer ✔✔the process by which two or more people share information,
including facts, thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Requires a sender and receiver.
What are the Fab 5? - correct answer ✔✔1. semantics
2. syntax
3. pragmatics
4. morphology
5. phonology
Semantics - correct answer ✔✔our dictionary - what words are and what meanings they convey
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔the way words are combined in a language/word order
Pragmatics - correct answer ✔✔social use of language
Morphology - correct answer ✔✔the grammatical rules of a language (adding -ing, -ed, -s, eat/ate,
run/ran)
Phonology - correct answer ✔✔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
Lexical Morphemes - correct answer ✔✔aka free morphemes.
The octopus has eight arms.
ex: fly, jump, popcorn, silver
, Grammatical Morphemes - correct answer ✔✔aka bound morphemes.
The octopus had eight arms.
ex: pumpkinS, scoreS, flew
Phone - correct answer ✔✔any sounds produced during communitcation, whether meaningful or not
Phoneme - correct answer ✔✔to become a phoneme, the sound must carry meaning in the language
Language - correct answer ✔✔a socially shared, rule based, generative, changeable, arbitrary system for
sharing information
Speech - correct answer ✔✔the way language is produced as a transient vocal product
Difference between language and speech: - correct answer ✔✔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)
Consonant Development - correct answer ✔✔Early 8, Mid 8, Late 8
Early 8 - correct answer ✔✔consistent by age 3: m, b, y, n, w, d, p, h
Mid 8 - correct answer ✔✔consistent by age 5 1/2: k, g, f, v, t, "ng", "J", "ch"
Late 8 - correct answer ✔✔consistent by age 7 1/2: s, z, l, r, "sh", "th", "TH", "zh"
How many phonemes does English have? - correct answer ✔✔43 phonemes
4 Speech Subsystems - correct answer ✔✔1. Respiration
2. Phonation
3. Articulation
correct answers
Communication - correct answer ✔✔the process by which two or more people share information,
including facts, thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Requires a sender and receiver.
What are the Fab 5? - correct answer ✔✔1. semantics
2. syntax
3. pragmatics
4. morphology
5. phonology
Semantics - correct answer ✔✔our dictionary - what words are and what meanings they convey
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔the way words are combined in a language/word order
Pragmatics - correct answer ✔✔social use of language
Morphology - correct answer ✔✔the grammatical rules of a language (adding -ing, -ed, -s, eat/ate,
run/ran)
Phonology - correct answer ✔✔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
Lexical Morphemes - correct answer ✔✔aka free morphemes.
The octopus has eight arms.
ex: fly, jump, popcorn, silver
, Grammatical Morphemes - correct answer ✔✔aka bound morphemes.
The octopus had eight arms.
ex: pumpkinS, scoreS, flew
Phone - correct answer ✔✔any sounds produced during communitcation, whether meaningful or not
Phoneme - correct answer ✔✔to become a phoneme, the sound must carry meaning in the language
Language - correct answer ✔✔a socially shared, rule based, generative, changeable, arbitrary system for
sharing information
Speech - correct answer ✔✔the way language is produced as a transient vocal product
Difference between language and speech: - correct answer ✔✔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)
Consonant Development - correct answer ✔✔Early 8, Mid 8, Late 8
Early 8 - correct answer ✔✔consistent by age 3: m, b, y, n, w, d, p, h
Mid 8 - correct answer ✔✔consistent by age 5 1/2: k, g, f, v, t, "ng", "J", "ch"
Late 8 - correct answer ✔✔consistent by age 7 1/2: s, z, l, r, "sh", "th", "TH", "zh"
How many phonemes does English have? - correct answer ✔✔43 phonemes
4 Speech Subsystems - correct answer ✔✔1. Respiration
2. Phonation
3. Articulation
