SLP - Ch. 2

Pitch

________- perception of how high and low a sound is.

morpheme

A(n) ________ is the smallest grammatical unit within a language.

Free morphemes

can stand by itself

Ex

cat

Bound morphemes

can't stand by itself, usually a word ending or beginning

Ex

"-ing", "-ed"

Ex

frontal lisp

Prosody

rate and rhythm

Ex

"Please, call me the next time you need help."

Quality

hoarse

Pitch

perception of how high and low a sound is

Artifacts

halo effect

Tactiles

hand signs

Proxemics = space

closeness

Chronemics (crow-nem-iks) = time

"Ill be there after work."

sociolinguistics

the study of influences such as cultural identity, setting, and participants on communicative variables

language

a socially shared code for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and rule-governed combinations of those symbols

phonology

the study of the sound systems of language

morpheme

the smallest meaningful unit of language

bound morphemes

morphemes that must be attached to a free morpheme to communicate meaning; grammatical morpheme.

semantics

the study of word and language meaning

intonation

pitch movement within an utterance

kinesics

the study of bodily movement and gesture; aka body language

proxemics

the study of physical distance between people

chronemics

the study of the effect of time on communication

etiology

the cause or origin of a problem; also the study of cause

congenital

present at birth

acquired

occurring after birth

dialects

a linguistic variation that is attributable primarily to geographic region or foreign language background; includes features of form, content, and use

voice

vocal tone and resonance

articulation

rapid and coordinated movement of the tongue, teeth, lips, and palate to produce speech sounds

stuttering

a disorder of speech fluency characterized by hesitations, repetitions, prolongations, tension, and avoidance behaviors

dysphagia

a disorder of swallowing

prevalence

the total number of cases a disorder at a particular point in time in a designated population

diagnostic therapy

ongoing assessment and evaluation as intervention takes place

prognosis

an informed prediction of the outcome of a disorder

norm-referenced

a comparison that is usually based on others of the same gender and similar age

criterion-referenced

an evaluation of an individual's strengths and weaknesses with regard to specific skills

speech or language sampling

technique used when assessing the communication of both children and adults

baseline data

information about client performance before intervention beings

stimulus

anything that is capable of eliciting a response