week 1 Flashcards
Communication
two or more people
exchanging ideas, info, feelings
includes HOW we act
Communication does not:
does not have to include language
does not have to be vocalized
Speech
The expression of thoughts into spoken words (articulation, fluency, voice)
Articulation
motor production of speech sounds
Fluency
the flow of speaking (rate and rhythm)
Voice
vocal quality, pitch, resonance, loudness
Language
Complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that is used for thought and communication.
-Rule governed
Language is described by 5 linguistic factors:
Phonological, Morphological, syntactical, semantic, pragmatic
Phonology
The study of the sound system of a language. Includes arrangement, systematic, organization, and rule system of vowels and consonants.
Language disorder :
Impairments in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,pragmatics
Speech disorder:
articulation disorder, voice disorder, fluency disorder
hearing impairment
deaf, hard of hearing
phones
speech sound
indicated by [brackets]
burping/coughing NOT phones
Phoneme
smallest linguistic unit that is able to distinguish meaning between words. /ballon/ vs /baboon/
indicated by /slanted lines/ = virgules
Allophone
variations of phonemes
Phonology
the study of how phonemes are organized by function in language
phonotactics
description of the allowed combinations of phonemes specific to a language (CH-op , SH-ell, PR-ey)
-particular to each language
TL-ime is not a cluster in English
Articulation disorder
subcategory of speech disorder
-atypical production of phones characterized by (substitutions, omissions, additions, distortions)
Minimal pairs
2 words that differ in only one phoneme value.
- tab/lab
-witches/wishes
-mat/mad
Phonological disorder
subcategory of a language disorder (because its patterns of sounds)
-impaired comprehension of the sound system of a language and the rules that govern these sound combinations
Speech sound disorders fall under 3 categories:
Speech delay, motor speech disorder, speech errors