SLHS 1071W - Foundations of Human Communication Final

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What are the rules for word order called?

Answers:

1.

Semantics

2.

Phonology

3.

Syntax

4.

Articulation

  1. Syntax

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This is a true model of the mental grammar of language

Answers:

1.

Prescriptive grammar

2.

Universal grammar

3.

Descriptive grammar

4.

Teaching grammar

Selected Answer:

Correct3.

Descriptive grammar

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When the pronunciation of words seems to reflect their meaning it is known as__________.

Answers:

A.

Sound Matching

B.

Representative Language

C.

Sound Symbolism

D.

Speech Sound Representation

Selected Answer:

CorrectC.

Sound Symbolism

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This is mostly unconscious knowledge about sounds, structures, meanings, words, and rules for combining linguistic elements.

Answers:

A.

Linguistic Knowledge

B.

Linguistic Communication

C.

Linguistic Relativism

D.

Linguistic Performance

Selected Answer:

CorrectA.

Linguistic Knowledge

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What is the study of the meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences?

Answers:

1.

Pragmatics

2.

Syntax

3.

Semantics

4.

Phonetics

Selected Answer:

Correct3.

Semantics

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Linguistic rules that are taught or enforced are called

Answers:

1.

Prescriptive grammar

2.

Universal grammar

3.

Descriptive grammar

4.

Semantic grammar

Selected Answer:

Correct1.

Prescriptive grammar

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What does it mean to know a language?

Answers:

A.

It means an individual understands the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of that language.

B.

It means the individual can both use and understand all the linguistic elements of that language and even think in that language.

C.

It means the individual recognizes the cultural aspects of their use of the language.

D.

All of the above.

Selected Answer:

D.

All of the above.

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________________ have a communication system that relies on dance to convey information about the location and quality of food sources to the rest of the hive.

Answers:

A.

Songbirds

B.

Gorillas

C.

Swans

D.

Honeybees

Selected Answer:

CorrectD.

Honeybees

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Universal grammar shows that the human brain is designed to learn_________________, not just speech.

Answers:

1.

articulation

2.

language

3.

conversation

4.

sounds

Selected Answer:

Correct2.

language

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What is the name of the ability to talk about things that are not physically present?

Answers:

A.

Displacement

B.

Creativity

C.

Discreteness

D.

Imagination

Selected Answer:

CorrectA.

Displacement

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Non-verbal communication does not use_________.

Answers:

A.

words

B.

gestures

C.

language

D.

ornamentation (i.e. jewelry)

Selected Answer:

CorrectA.

words

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What is the study of how humans make and perceive speech sounds?

Answers:

1.

Phonetics

2.

Semantics

3.

Pragmatics

4.

Syntax

Selected Answer:

Correct1.

Phonetics

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What is the sound system of a language?

Answers:

1.

Phonetics

2.

Phonology

3.

Syntax

4.

Pragmatics

Selected Answer:

Correct2.

Phonology

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This is a not an example of onomatopoeia

Answers:

A.

Buzz

B.

Mow

C.

Gobble

D.

Murmur

Selected Answer:

CorrectB.

Mow

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This is the social use of language

Answers:

1.

Phonetics

2.

Semantics

3.

Syntax

4.

Pragmatics

Selected Answer:

Correct4.

Pragmatics

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Morphemes that change the meaning and/or part of speech of a root are called

Answers:

A.

Inflectional

B.

Derivational

C.

Affix

D.

Free

Selected Answer:

CorrectB.

Derivational

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Consider these nouns in Zulu:

umfani - boy                     abafani - boys

umzali - parent                 abazali - parents

umfundisi - teacher         abafundisi - parents

What is the morpheme meaning plural in Zulu?

Answers:

A.

fani

B.

isi

C.

aba

D.

um

Selected Answer:

CorrectC.

aba

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This is the smallest unit of grammatical form. A unit of sound plus a meaning unit.

Answers:

A.

Morpheme

B.

Morphology

C.

Root

D.

Derivation

Selected Answer:

CorrectA.

Morpheme

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Our mental dictionary holds

Answers:

A.

Pronunciation, meaning, class, orthography

B.

Pronunciation, meaning, orthography, grammatical category

C.

Grammatical category, form, orthography, pronunciation

D.

Meaning, orthography, grammatical category, form

Selected Answer:

CorrectB.

Pronunciation, meaning, orthography, grammatical category

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Which is an example of a stem?

Answers:

1.

The realistic in unrealistic

2.

Real by itself

3.

The un in unrealistic

4.

The istic in unrealistic

Selected Answer:

Correct1.

The realistic in unrealistic

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Morphemes that have only grammatical function and never change the part of speech of the root are called

Answers:

A.

Affix

B.

Inflectional

C.

Free

D.

Derivational

Selected Answer:

CorrectB.

Inflectional

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These are words that convey conceptual meaning (nouns, verbs, adjectives); open-class.

Answers:

A.

Function words

B.

Grammatical

C.

Content words

D.

Closed words

Selected Answer:

CorrectC.

Content words

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These are words that convey grammatical meaning (articles, prepositions, conjunctions); Closed class

Answers:

A.

Function

B.

Open

C.

Content

D.

Semantic

Selected Answer:

CorrectA.

Function

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Which is an example of a stem?

Answers:

A.

Real by itself

B.

The istic in unrealistic

C.

The real in unrealistic

D.

The un in unrealistic

C.

The real in unrealistic

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This is an affix that attaches to both ends of a root.

Answers:

A.

Suffix

B.

Prefix

C.

Circumfix

D.

Infix

CorrectC.

Circumfix

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A base word upon which other morphemes could be affixed is called

Answers:

A.

Morpheme

B.

Infix

C.

Root

D.

Stem

Selected Answer:

CorrectC.

Root

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Editor > edit is an example of 

Answers:

A.

Affixation

B.

Back formation

C.

Compounding

D.

Suppletion

Selected Answer:

CorrectB.

Back formation

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Speech is comprised of a small set of acoustically distinct units or elements referrs to_______.

Answers:

A.

interchangeability

B.

discreteness

C.

specialization

D.

productivity

Selected Answer:

CorrectB.

discreteness

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umfani - boy                     abafani - boys

umzali - parent                 abazali - parents

umfundisi - teacher         abafundisi - parents

What is the morpheme meaning singular in Zulu?

Answers:

A.

um

B.

aba

C.

isi

D.

za

Selected Answer:

CorrectA.

um

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In the word REFUELED, "refuel" is the

Answers:

1.

Root

2.

Suffix

3.

Prefix

4.

Stem

Selected Answer:

Correct4.

Stem

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75% of world languages use this sentence structure

Answers:

A.

V-O-S

B.

V-S-O

C.

S-V-O

D.

O-V-S

CorrectC.

S-V-O

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What is the definition of syntax?

Answers:

A.

the meaning of words

B.

the rules of sentence formation

C.

the smallest unit with meaning

D.

nonverbal communication

CorrectB.

the rules of sentence formation

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Universal grammar shows that the human brain is designed to learn_________________, not just speech.

Answers:

A.

language

B.

articulation

C.

sounds

D.

conversation

Answers:

CorrectA.

language

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Which is not part of the constituency test for sentences?

Answers:

A.

It can only have one noun phrase.

B.

The noun phrase can be moved and still maintain the meaning of the sentence.

C.

The noun phrase can stand alone.

D.

The noun can be replaced by a pronoun.

Answers:

CorrectA.

It can only have one noun phrase.

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The internal structure of phrasal categories can be captured using the ____________.

Answers:

A.

A-bar schma

B.

Z-bar schema

C.

Y-bar Schema

D.

X-bar Schema

CorrectD.

X-bar Schema

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In the phrase

The child ate

Which part is the VP?

Answers:

1.

the

2.

ate

3.

the child

4.

child ate

2.

ate

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Linguists use this term for words that have no specific concepts, but obtain their meaning depending on what you are pointing at, or referring to, (i.e. here, there, you, me, now, and then).

Answers:

A.

Flexible

B.

Redundant

C.

Diminished 

D.

Deictic

CorrectD.

Deictic

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Universal Grammar (UG) provides the basic design for all languages, and each language has its own parameters, or variations on the basic plan. Which of the following is NOT accurate:

Answers:

A.

All sentences are headed by their lexical category.

B.

All languages seem to have movement rules.

C.

All phrases consist of specifiers, heads, and complement.

D.

All languages have structures that conform to X-bar schema.

Answers:

CorrectA.

All sentences are headed by their lexical category.

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An example of deep structure indicates that all languages of the world have the same ______________.

Answers:

A.

lexical categories

B.

pragmatics

C.

sentence order

D.

 word meanings

Answer:

CorrectA.

lexical categories

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The subunits of sentences are called...

Answers:

A.

morphemes

B.

constituents

C.

subsentences

D.

tree diagrams

B.

constituents

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Syntactic categories are also known as...

Answers:

A.

parts of speech

B.

morphemes

C.

constituents

D.

phonemes

Answers:

CorrectA.

parts of speech

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n the phrase: 

The child ate

What is the NP?

Answers:

1.

child ate

2.

ate

3.

the child

4.

child

Correct3.

the child

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75% of world languages use this sentence structure

Answers:

1.

O-V-S

2.

V-S-O

3.

V-O-S

4.

S-V-O

Correct4.

S-V-O

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Topicalization is used to bring attention to the constituent in what language? 

Answers:

A.

It is not used in any language because of universal grammar.

B.

Zulu

C.

American Sign Language (ASL)

D.

English

CorrectC.

American sign language (ASL)

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In the sentence "The dog walked quickly," this is a determiner.

Answers:

A.

Dog

B.

Quickly

C.

The

D.

Walked

Selected Answer:

CorrectC.

The

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(Extra Credit) The most important letter of the alphabet is..

Answers:

A.

L

B.

S

C.

E

D.

I

Answers:

A.

L

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Where are the vocal folds located?

Answers:

A.

In the oral cavity

B.

In the Pharynx

C.

In the Larynx

D.

In the Trachea

Selected Answer:

CorrectC.

In the Larynx

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The 4 mechanisms responsible for speech production are:

Answers:

A.

Respiration, phonation, resonation, articulation

B.

Inhalation, exhalation, articulation, resonation  

C.

Phonation, vocalization, laryngalization, glottalization 

D.

Respiration, vocalization, nasalization, resonation

CorrectA.

Respiration, phonation, resonation, articulation

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Which American English sounds are produced with the velum lowered to allow air to escape out the nose?

Answers:

g, k, s

b, p, v

n, m, ing

w, r, l

n, m, ing

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Word pairs whose meanings fall on a continuous spectrum are called

Answers:

1.

complementary antonyms

2.

gradable pairs

3.

relational antonyms

4.

contranyms

2.

gradable pairs

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Big and small share the _______________ of size.

Answers:

1.

syntactic analysis

2.

relational antonym

3.

contranym

4.

semantic feature

Selected Answer:

Correct4.

semantic feature

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This is an example of an anomalous sentence.

Answers:

Hungry desks watch suns read quietly.

He did not attend the fair though he went on the ferris wheel.

You can do that again, as well.

The day was as bright as a neon sign.

Hungry desks watch suns read quietly.

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**Vowels are classified by 6 possible tongue positions, which may include:

Answers:

high, low, round, up, down, back

center, high, front, back, flat, mid

high, mid, low, front, central, back

top, bottom, front, mid, back, center

high, mid, low, front, central, back

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Whenever the first sentence is true, means the second sentence must also be true, is called

Answers:

1.

ambiguity

2.

syntax

3.

compositionality

4.

entailment

4.

entailment

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To make voice, air has to travel from the lungs through the __________ (in which order)?

Answers:

A.

Trachea -> Vocal Folds -> Pharynx -> Oral/Nasal Cavity

B.

Mouth-> Esophagus -> Larynx 

C.

Diaphragm -> Pharynx -> Nasal Cavity ->Trachea

D.

Oral Cavity -> Pharynx ->Vocal Folds ->Trachea

A.

Trachea -> Vocal Folds -> Pharynx -> Oral/Nasal Cavity

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This is everything non-linguistic in the environment of a speaker.

Answers:

A.

Linguistic context

B.

Body language

C.

Discourse

D.

Situational context

CorrectD.

Situational context

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NASA is an example of ...

Answers:

an acronym

a blend

clipping

an alphabetic abbreviation

an acronym

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The ability to attribute mental states - beliefs, intents, desires, emotions, knowledge, etc. to oneself and to others, and to understand that others have beliefs, desires, intentions, and perspectives that are different from one's own is referred to as________.

Answers:

A.

Theory of Mind

B.

Bootstrapping

C.

Heritage Language Learning

D.

The Innateness Hypothesis

A.

Theory of Mind

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This type of phonetics focuses on how the vocal tract produces the sounds of language

Answers:

Auditory

Articulatory

Acoustic

Phonetic

Articulatory

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***An element of meaning separate from reference and more enduring; the manner in which an expression presents the reference is called 

 

Answers:

1.

Reference

2.

Implicature

3.

Condition

4.

Sense

4.

Sense

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The space between the vocal folds is called the...

Answers:

A.

glottis

B.

epiglottis

C.

esphagus

D.

nodules

A.

glottis

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"They arrived one after the other in succession" is an exampe of a:

Answers:

A.

Contradiction

B.

Entailment

C.

Tautology

D.

Idiom

C.

Tautology

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What is the name for words formed by a proper name?

Answers:

Blends

Clippings

Eponyms

Acronyms

Eponyms

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**NFL for National Football League is an example of...

Answers:

a blend

an alphabetic abbreviation

a borrowed abbreviation

an acronym

an alphabetic abbreviation

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**The verb object has the stress on which syllable?

Answers:

ob

ject

both

neither

ject

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**The 'sh' sound is made by placing the tongue

Answers:

at the palate

at the velum

at the alveolar ridge

between the lips

at the palate

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The /i/ sound in the word "beat" is an example of what kind of vowel sound?

Answers:

Tense

Lax

Mid

Straight

Tense

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It has been proposed that a universal set of phonological constraints exists and that this set is ordered with some constraints being more highly ranked. This is called__________

 

Answers:

Optimality Theory

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Linguistic Theory

Phological Hypothesis

Optimality Theory

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Which American English sounds are produced with the velum lowered to allow air to escape out the nose?

Answers:

g, k, s

b, p, v

n, m, ing

w, r, l

n, m, ing

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An example of dissimilation is:

Answers:

elm -> elum

kine -> cow

surprise -> suprise

editor -> edit

surprise -> suprise

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The /g/ sound is made by placing the tongue back

Answers:

at the alveolar ridge

at the uvula

at the velum

at the hard palate

at the velum

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This was invented in order to have a system in which there was a one-to-one correspondence between each sound in a language and each phonetic symbol.

Answers:

1.

International Phonemic Alphabet

2.

International Phonetic Alphabet

3.

World List of Speech Sounds

4.

Universal Phonetic Database

2.

International Phonetic Alphabet

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An example of an allomorph is

Answers:

aspirated /t/

nasalized /a/

flap

plural /s/

plural /s/

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This type of phonetics focuses on the physical properties of the sounds of language

Answers:

Auditory

Phonetic

Articulatory

Acoustic

Acoustic

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Each phoneme has one or more sounds called _____________ associated with it.

Answers:

allomorphs

allophones

morphemes

allograph

allophones

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What is the place, manner, and voicing of /z/?

Answers:

labiodental, fricative, voiced

alveolar, affricate, voiced

alveolar, fricative, voiced

palatal, fricative, voiced

alveolar, fricative, voiced

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pat/bat, chew/shoe, file/vial are all examples of:

Answers:

Allophones

Dipthongs

Minimal pairs

Gradable pairs

Minimal pairs

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Vowels are classified by 6 possible tongue positions, which may include:

Answers:

high, low, round, up, down, back

center, high, front, back, flat, mid

high, mid, low, front, central, back

top, bottom, front, mid, back, center

high, mid, low, front, central, back

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The sounds /b/ and /p/ share the distinctive feature of _________.

Answers:

+ bilabial

+ voiced

+ voiceless

+ alveolar

+ bilabial

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What is a language that does not seem to be related to any other living languages called?      

               

Answers:

Nostratic

Phonemic inventory

Language cousin

Language isolate

Language isolate

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Which choice is false;

Language extinction may occur due to:

Answers:

Sudden language death

Radical language death

Periodic language death

Gradual language death

Periodic language death

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An example of a lexical change that occurs in languages is

Answers:

cognates

isolation

word coinage

syntax

word coinage

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When a speaker alternates between two or more languages or dialects in the context of a single conversation this is called_________________

Answers:

dialect leveling

language death

argot

code switching

code switching

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Grimm's Law states that

Answers:

Languages are often sister languages.

Over time, sounds in language changed in manner and voicing.

Phonemes can be added over time.

Words in related languages develop from the same ancestral root.

Over time, sounds in language changed in manner and voicing.

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Across American English dialects you are most likely to hear differences in ___________.

Answers:

consonants

syllable stress

vowels

code switching

vowels

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What is NOT a reason languages change over time?

Answers:

All of these are ways language changes over time

Allomorphs become separate phonemes

Assimilation

Phonemes can disappear

All of these are ways language changes over time

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Which of the following is NOT considered part of a dialect?

Answers:

Word pronunciation

Vowel differences

Differences in word usage 

A first language impacting a second language

A first language impacting a second language

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The speech habits specific to a particular person may include dialect, linguistic characteristics. A person’s unique way of speaking is called

         

Answers:

idiolect

accent

leveling

creole

idiolect

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**

Forms of speech and language associated with a particular region, social class or ethnicity are called ______________.

Answers:

idiolects

dialects

accents

lexicons

dialects

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Kleenex, vasoline, and jello, common English words are all examples of...

Answers:

blends

eponyms

clipping

word coinage

eponyms

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What is the name for words formed by a proper name?

Answers:

Blends

Clippings

Eponyms

Acronyms

Eponyms

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The word smog is an example of a

Answers:

clipped word

blend

acronym

borrowed word

blend

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***Children already know most of the grammar of their native language by the time they are how old?

Answers:

A.

4-5 years old

B.

2-3 years old

C.

10 years old

D.

6-7 years old

CorrectA.

4-5 years old

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When a child states "mommy milk" they are probably going through which stage of language development?

Answers:

phonological expansion

babbling

telegraphic 

holophrastic

telegraphic 

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Which sounds are acquired first in development?

Answers:

Vowels

All are acquired at the same time

Nasals

Consonants

Vowels

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The critical period for language acquisition is...

Answers:

A.

from birth to middle childhood.

B.

from birth to 3 years old

C.

from 3 years of age to middle childhood.

D.

birth to age 18 years old

A.

from birth to middle childhood.

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What measures an average of how long a child's utterances are?

Answers:

A.

Standardized Assessments

B.

Auditory Comprehension

C.

Chronological Age

D.

Mean Length Utterance

D.

Mean Length Utterance

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This is the idea that children experiencing bilingual language development initially construct only one lexicon and one grammar.

Answers:

A.

Poverty of the Stimulus

B.

Separate Systems Hypothesis

C.

Innateness Hypothesis

D.

Unitary System Hypothesis

D.

Unitary System Hypothesis

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Children learn language in stages in which order?

Answers:

A.

Telegraphic, Holophrastic, Babbling

B.

Babbling, Holophrastic, Telegraphic

C.

Holophrastic, Babbling, Telegraphic

D.

Babbling, Telegraphic, Holophrastic

B.

Babbling, Holophrastic, Telegraphic

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When a child uses the word "dog" to refer to all four legged animals this is referred to as...

Answers:

A.

word framing

B.

motherese

C.

overextension

D.

telegraphic speech

CorrectC.

overextension