Chapter 1 Flashcards
The nearly constant internal monologue a person has with himself at a conscious or semi-conscious level that involves thinking in words
Inner speech
The production of oral language using phonemes for communication through the process of respiration, phonation, resonation, and articulation
Speech
A socially shared code or conventional system for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and rule-governed combinations of those symbols
Language
The movements of articulators for speech sound production that involves accuracy in placement, timing, direction of movement, and pressure of the articulators on one another
Articulation
The mandible, lips, tongue, soft palate
Articulators
A single vowel or a vowel and one or more consonants
Syllable
Speech sounds articulated by either stopping of the outgoing air stream or creating a narrow opening of resistance using the articulators
Consonant
Voice inflections used in a language such as stress, intensity, changes in pitch, duration of a sound, and rhythm that helps listeners understand the true intent of a message
Suprasegmentals
The scientific study of structure and function of language and the rules that govern language
Linguistics
Rules of putting sounds together
Phonology
Shortest unit of sound in a language that can be recognized as being distinct from other sounds in language
Phoneme
Voiced speech sounds from the unrestricted passage of the air stream through the mouth without audible stoppage or friction
Vowel
Rules of a language that govern the internal organization of words
Morphology
Smallest unit of language having distinct meaning (prefix, root word, suffix)
Morpheme
Rules that govern the ways which words combine to form phrases, causes, and sentences
Syntax
Rules of the use of morphology and syntax in a language
Grammar
Study of meaning in language conveyed by words, phrases, and sentences
Semantics
An expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the normal combination of words
Idiom
Estimated total number of individuals diagnosed with a particular disorder at a given time in a population
Prevalence
Rate at which a disorder appears in the normal population over a period
Incidence
Any deviation of speech outside the range of acceptable variation in a given environment
Speech disorder
Impairment of receptive and/or expressive linguistic symbols that affects comprehending what is said or verbally expressing wants, needs, thoughts, information, and feelings
Language disorder