chapter 1 & 2

Question 1

speech

Answer 1

efficient system of communication requiring complex articulator gestures

tangible: strings of sounds reflecting movements of articulators

Question 2

speech acquisition requires

Answer 2

hearing others speak

often easily acquired by age 4

Question 3

frequency

Answer 3

Hz

number of vibratory cycles per second

Question 4

Intensity

Answer 4

dB

sound pressure
a physical property of the acoustic signal that can be measured by a sound level meter

Question 5

power

Answer 5

watts

Question 6

pressure

Answer 6

dynes

force per unit area

Question 7

phon

Answer 7

perceived loudness based on intensity

Question 8

sone

Answer 8

scale of perceived loudness

Question 9

mel

Answer 9

scale of perceived pitch

Question 10

thought

Answer 10

internal or mental representation or experience

“inner speech”

Question 11

language

Answer 11

abstract

has rules specific to each language

Question 12

specific rules governing speech and language

Answer 12

semantics
syntax
morphology
phonology

Question 13

morphology

Answer 13

study of the form of words as affected by inflection or derivation

Question 14

phonology

Answer 14

study of the sound of system of a language

Question 15

semantics

Answer 15

rules that enable us to associate words or phrases with meaning

Question 16

syntax

Answer 16

enable us to have common expectations of the word order

Question 17

compression

Answer 17

molecules are closer together and air pressure is lower

Question 18

rarefaction

Answer 18

molecules are further apart and air pressure is lower

Question 19

harmonics

Answer 19

each time regenerates by a complex vibration

set of harmonics- harmonic series

Question 20

fundamental frequency

Answer 20

lowest frequency component of a complex periodic wave; repetition rate of a complex periodic wave

Question 21

amplitude

Answer 21

the absolute value of a maximum displacement from a zero value during one period of and oscillation

Question 22

complex tone

Answer 22

having more than one sine wave component

Question 23

simple

Answer 23

one component frequency

Question 24

elasticity

Answer 24

the force that causes a deformed structure to resume its original shape

Question 25

inertia

Answer 25

the tendency for motion or lack of motion to continue

Question 26

wavelength

Answer 26

distance from any point in one cycle to the corresponding point in a neighboring cycle

Question 27

lambda

Answer 27

greek letter to symbolize wavelength

λ

Question 28

velocity

Answer 28

speed in a certain direction

Question 29

acceleration

Answer 29

the time rate of change of velocity

Question 30

rest

Question 31

maximum displacement

Answer 31

“amplitude”

maximum distance moved by a point on a wave from its equilibrium

Question 32

transverse

Answer 32

particle movement in all directions

Question 33

longitudinal

Answer 33

particle movement in a single direction

Question 34

sound is both

Answer 34

longitudinal and compression

Question 35

periodic sound wave

Answer 35

sound waves in which the pattern of vibration repeats

Question 36

aperiodic sound wave

Answer 36

sound wave in which the vibration pattern does not repeat

all period waves are complex

Question 37

morpheme

Answer 37

smallest meaningful linguistic segment

Question 38

phoneme

Answer 38

a family of sounds that functions in a language to signal a different meaning

Question 39

phone

Answer 39

a particular speech sound

Question 40

speech

Answer 40

efficient system of communication requiring complex articulator gestures

tangible strings of sounds