Q-4 Mod 8: Final Exam Quiz Review 2024
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- Q1
______ is/are a system that relates sounds (or gestures) to meaning.
Phonology
Pragmatics
Language
Semantics
45s - Q2
The term phonology refers to
the sounds of a language.
the study of words and their meanings
the study of how people use language to communicate effectively.
the structure of a language.
45s - Q3
The term semantics refers to
the study of how people use language to communicate effectively.
the study of words and their meanings
the structure of language.
the sounds of a language.
45s - Q4
Fartun is fascinated with learning the meanings of words. Fartun has a keen interest in
grammar.
phonology.
semantics.
syntax.
45s - Q5
The rules used to specify how words are combined to form sentences are referred to as
pragmatics.
phonology
syntax
semantics.
45s - Q6
The basic building blocks of language that are used to form words are called _____.
morphemes
grammars.
lexical.
phonemes
45s - Q7
Six-month-old Seiko is growing up in a home where Japanese is the only language spoken. Is she likely to be able to discriminate speech sounds that are used in English but are not used in Japanese?
She is not likely to be able to discriminate them at this age but should be able to when she gets older.
She is likely to be able to discriminate them throughout her life
She is not likely to ever be able to discriminate them.
She is likely to be able to discriminate them now but will probably lose that ability when she gets older.
60s - Q8
Seven-month-old Julius hears this conversation:
John: I want to go swimming.
John's dad: Do you want to swim in the pool? John: No, I want to swim in the lake.
If Julius then hears the words "run" and "swim," what would you expect him to do?
pay equal attention to "run" and "swim"
pay more attention to "run" than to "swim"
say the words "run" and "swim"
pay more attention to "swim" than to "run"
60s - Q9
When using ______ , adults speak slowly and with exaggerated changes in pitch and loudness.
a referential style
adult-directed speech
an expressive style
infant-directed speech
45s - Q10
A cochlear implant is a device that picks up on speech sounds and
amplifies them
relays them to the auditory cortex.
converts them to electrical impulses that stimulate nerve cells in the ear.
alters the sound frequencies.
45s - Q11
Vowel-like utterances such as "oooooooo" and "ahhhhhhh" are referred to as
babbling.
infant-directed speech.
cooing
intonation.
45s - Q12
Jenny just had her first baby and is wondering when he will begin producing different kinds of sounds. Which of the following should she expect him to produce first?
babbling
first word
cooing
intonation
45s - Q13
Babbling refers to
a pattern of rising and falling pitch.
speech-like sounds that consist of a vowel and consonant but that have no meaning.
the production of vowel-like sounds such as "ooooooo" or "ahhhhhhh."
a distinctive style of speech adults uses when talking to infants
45s - Q14
Intonation refers to
the production of utterances that contain both vowel and consonant sounds.
the repetition of a sound.
a pattern of rising or falling pitch.
the production of vowel-like sounds.
45s - Q15
Celia has noticed that her seven-month-old daughter has recently begun to raise and lower the pitch of her voice when she babbles so she sometimes sounds as if she is asking questions. Celia's daughter has added _____ to her babbling.
intonation
cooing
repetition
vowel sounds
60s