Ch. 1

Question 1

Linguistics

Answer 1

The study of language

Question 2

Sociolinguistics

Answer 2

Describes language variations based on social and cultural variables

Question 3

Developmental Linguistics

Answer 3

Describes nature of emerging language in ch’s language acquisitions (what ch should be doing at what age)

Question 4

Communication

Answer 4

Exchange of info, ideas, needs and desires between two or more indiv.

Question 5

Communicative Competence

Answer 5

The degree to which the speaker is successful in communicating appropriately and effectively

Question 6

Communication is…

Answer 6

collaborative, systematic, speech and language

Question 7

Proxemics

Answer 7

Space, Personal space (can vary between culture)

Question 8

4 Paralinguistic Cues are…

Answer 8

Pauses, Speed, Intonation (pitch), Stress/emphasis

Question 9

6 Nonlinguistic Cues are…

Answer 9

Facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, head and body movement, Posture, Proxemics

Question 10

What is language…

Answer 10

Language is a system of symbols/words used to represent concepts formed through exposure and experiences

Question 11

Derivational Morphemes

Answer 11

prefixes, suffixes, change whole classes of words

Question 12

Inflectional Morphemes

Answer 12

Changes the state or increases the precision of the free morpheme

Question 13

Free morpheme

Answer 13

prefix or the suffix

Question 14

Bound Morpheme

Answer 14

The word itself

Question 15

Semantics

Answer 15

Person’s autobiographical and experiential understanding and memory of particular events

Question 16

Speech

Answer 16

Verbal means of communicating

Question 17

3 Properties of Language

Answer 17

social tool, it is generative, rule-governed system with underlying rules or patterns that occur repeatedly

Question 18

Syntax

Answer 18

-Form or structure of a sentence
-Refers especially to word order
-Each sentence needs a noun phrase and a verb phrase

Question 19

Pragmatics

Answer 19

-Rules that govern conversational interactions
-Social rules of language
-How we use language to achieve our communication goals

Question 20

Phonology

Answer 20

Aspect of language concerned with the rules governing the structure, distribution and sequencing of SPEECH SOUNDS and the shape of syllables

Question 21

Morphology

Answer 21

-Concerned with the INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONof words

Question 22

What is phonetic Alphabet? (IPA)

Answer 22

The international phonetic alphabet (IPA) is a unique alphabet design to represent the sounds of words of a language, not the spelling of words.

Question 23

What is the difference between phonetics and phonology?

Answer 23

Phonetics is the study of the production and perception of speech sounds and phonology is the organization of speech sounds

Question 24

Dialect

Answer 24

A language rule system spoken by and identifiable group of people that varies from the ideal language standard