Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Language

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Is a socially shared code system for representing concepts thoughts and ideas by using arbitrary and rule governed systems

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Characteristics of language

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1-Socially shared tool
2-rule-governed system
3-An arbitrary code
4-A generative process
5- Dynamic scheme
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3
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Linguist intuition

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The recognition of wrong and right grammar it is possessed by native speakers of the language

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4
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Components of a language

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Form, content and use

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5
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Form consists of

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Phonology
morphology
syntax

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Phonology

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Is the sound system, For English it consists of 43 phonemes, The number varies from one language to another

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7
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Phonotactic

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How sounds may be arranged in words, like grammar they are not universal

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8
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Morphology

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Involves the structure of words

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9
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Morpheme

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Is the smallest grammatical unit within a language

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10
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Free morpheme and bound morpheme

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Free morpheme may stand alone in the world can’t be broken down to smaller words
Bound morpheme change the meaning of the original words by adding their own meanings cannot be used alone and must be attached to free morphemes

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Syntax

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How words are arranged in a sentence and the Ways And which one word may affect another

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12
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Content

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Meaning and semantics

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13
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Use or pragmatics

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Using the proper word in the proper place in a sentence

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14
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Speech

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The process of producing the acoustic representations of language

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15
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Articulation

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Is the way at which speed sounds are formed

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Fluency

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Is the smooth, forward, flow of communication, it is influenced by the rhythm and rate of speech.

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Voice

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Is produced by vocal cords vibration called phonation

18
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Voice

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Loudness, pitch and quality

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Pitch

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Is a listeners perception of how high or low a sound is, it can be physically measured as frequency or cycles per second called hertz.

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Habitual Pitch

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Basic told that an individual uses most of the time

21
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Intonation

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Pitch movement within an utterance

22
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Nonverbal communication

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Artifact, kinesics, Proxemics, tactile and Chronemics

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Artifact

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The way you look, and the way you have decorated your personal environment communicate something about you

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Kinesics

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Refets to the way we move our bodies or body language

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Proxemics

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The study of the physical distance between people as it affects communication

26
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Tactile

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Are touching behaviors

27
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Chronemics

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Is the effect of time and communication

28
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Disorders may be categorized on three bases

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1-reception
2-processing
3-Expression

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Etiology

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Cause or origin of the problem

30
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Disorders may be due to

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Faulty learning, neurological impairments, cognitive deficits, hearing impairments, anatomical or physiological abnormalities, Or damage in any part of speech system

31
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Time onset: congenital or acquired

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Congenital disorders are present at birth

Acquired results from illness, accident or environmental circumstances anytime later in life

32
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Disorders may range from …… To ….

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From borderline or mild to profound severity

33
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Communication impairment

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1-language disorders
2-speech disorders
3-hearing disorders

34
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Language disorders

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1-disorders of phonology
2-disorders of morphology
3-Syntactical errors

35
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Disorders of phonology

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Errors in sound use. For example not producing the ends of words

36
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Disorder of morphology

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Incorrect use of past tense and plural markers

37
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Syntactical errors

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Include incorrect word order and run on sentences