SHS 250 EXAM QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. True or False
True
As an SLP, you would rely upon
articulatory phonetics to teach
someone how to produce a sound
2. True or False
False
A child who uses a "w" instead of an "r"
(wab- bit instead of rabbit) is an example
of a distor- tion
3. True or False
False
The IPA's main principle is that there are
mul- tiple symbols for one sound so
that tran- scribers have lots of ways to
represent speech
True
4. True or False
Kit and cut are a minimal pair
5. "Success" consists of how many phonemes? 6
6. "Subterranean" contains how many 4
mor- phemes?
7. True or False False
"Battalion" contains 2 syllables
8. The steps you would need to analyze a word 1. Divide word into
syllables
2. Identify syllable shapes
3. Identify phonemes
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4. Add diacritics
5. Change phonemes to
9. True or False allophones True
Taxonomy breaks apart a large thing
into smaller components
10. Language A system that uses sounds,
signs, or symbols to
communicate
11. Speech A pattern of sounds produced by
move-
ment of the speech organs
12. Dialect A subset of patterns within a
language
based on regional or social boundaries
13. Phoneme The smallest unit of sound that
can dis- tinguish between
morphemes
14. Morpheme The smallest unit of meaning
15. Syntax The way words combine to form
sen-
tences
16. Semantics The meaning of words and
sentences
17. Morphology The structure of words
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1. True or False
True
As an SLP, you would rely upon
articulatory phonetics to teach
someone how to produce a sound
2. True or False
False
A child who uses a "w" instead of an "r"
(wab- bit instead of rabbit) is an example
of a distor- tion
3. True or False
False
The IPA's main principle is that there are
mul- tiple symbols for one sound so
that tran- scribers have lots of ways to
represent speech
True
4. True or False
Kit and cut are a minimal pair
5. "Success" consists of how many phonemes? 6
6. "Subterranean" contains how many 4
mor- phemes?
7. True or False False
"Battalion" contains 2 syllables
8. The steps you would need to analyze a word 1. Divide word into
syllables
2. Identify syllable shapes
3. Identify phonemes
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4. Add diacritics
5. Change phonemes to
9. True or False allophones True
Taxonomy breaks apart a large thing
into smaller components
10. Language A system that uses sounds,
signs, or symbols to
communicate
11. Speech A pattern of sounds produced by
move-
ment of the speech organs
12. Dialect A subset of patterns within a
language
based on regional or social boundaries
13. Phoneme The smallest unit of sound that
can dis- tinguish between
morphemes
14. Morpheme The smallest unit of meaning
15. Syntax The way words combine to form
sen-
tences
16. Semantics The meaning of words and
sentences
17. Morphology The structure of words
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