the dimensions of human communication

Question 1

over ___% of America’s prisoners cannot read at a __ grade level

Answer 1

70%, 4th

Question 2

what is linguistics?

Answer 2

the study of language

Question 3

what is sociolinguistics?

Answer 3

describes language variations based on social & cultural variables

Question 4

what is developmental linguistics

Answer 4

describes the nature of emerging language in children’s acquisition

Question 5

Children at age 3 should be saying how many words?

Answer 5

300

Question 6

what is communication?

Answer 6

exchange of info and ideas, needs and desires between 2 or more individuals

Question 7

what do paralinguistic cues in communication convey?

Answer 7

convey attitude or emotion

Question 8

what are some examples of paralinguistic cues?

Answer 8

pauses, speed, intonation (use of pitch), stress or emphasis

Question 9

what is the definition of language

Answer 9

language is a system of symbols (words) used to represent concepts formed through exposure and experience

Question 10

what are the 5 language components?

Answer 10

pragmatics, morphology, semantics, phonology, and syntax

Question 11

what are derivational morphemes?

Answer 11

DM change whole classes of words, include prefixes & suffixes (ex: un-,-ly, non-)

Question 12

what are free morphemes?

Answer 12

the noun, ver, adjective w/o derivational or inflectional (bound) morphemes (ex: basic, happy, neighbor)

Question 13

what are bound morphemes

Answer 13

the change of the word or increase the precision of the free morpheme (ex: basicALLY, happILY, neighborS)

Question 14

what do the common core state standards emphasize?

Answer 14

CCSS emphasize morphological awareness skills

Question 15

in therapy for students w/ lang impairments, what do SLPS teach?

Answer 15

SLPS teach synonyms - take a word the student knows and give them a more sophisticated way to say it (ex: tired -> fatigued, tasty -> delicious)

Question 16

what are pragmatics?

Answer 16

social rules of language. rules that govern conversational interactions.

Question 17

when one person asks, “what do you want to eat?” and you respond with “soup is good this time of year”, this is an example of ___(social rules) because you didn’t explicitly respond to the question, but still stayed on topic and implied what you want to eat.

Answer 17

pragmatics

Question 18

what are the important aspects of pragmatics?

Answer 18

turn-taking, establishing & maintaining a topic, making relevant contributions, and repairing—correcting conversational errors

Question 19

what 5 factors is dialect use influenced by?

Answer 19

1. geography
2. socioeconomic status
3. racial/ethnic differences
4. situational variables (style shifting)
5. peer group

Question 20

what are the 3 evidences SLP practices are based on?

Answer 20

1. professional expertise/expert opinion
2. scientific evidence
3. client/student/family perspective

Question 21

what does equity mean?

Answer 21

everyone has what they need. People w/ different or unequal needs require differential treatment to achieve identical results

Question 22

what do SLPS help clients and families with in regards to equity?

Answer 22

SLPS help increase their navigational capital and ability to navigate social institutions, including educational spaces