Ch. 12 - Adolescent and Adult Language

Question 1

Co-articulation

Answer 1

The influence of one phoneme on another during connected or running speech

E.g. cats /s/ is influenced by voiceless sound /t/; thus, /s/ is also voiceless. Compare to beads /s/ is influenced by voiced /d/ and therefore, becomes voiced /z/

Question 2

Genderlect

Answer 2

Style of talking used by the genders

Question 3

Language Development Through adulthood

Answer 3

Continues but at slower pace

LD is only hindered by poor health, trauma, illness, or disease

Along with LD, cognitive growth also continues

Question 4

What is major area in which we see most growth?

Answer 4

Vocabulary development followed by social communication skills

Question 5

Aging

Answer 5

Slow decline in both oral and written language comprehension, in the ability to understand syntactically complex sentences, and in the ability to make inferences

Hearing loss can exacerbate language decline

Hearing loss is more common in men