SLP Praxis Questions and Correct Answers

SLP Praxis Questions and Correct Answers language definition - ANSWER a code or system of symbols used to express concepts formed through exposure and experience phoneme - ANSWER smallest units of sound that affect meaning allophones - ANSWER variations of phonemes that do not change word meaning /r/ in green versus /r/ in red phonemic definition - ANSWER abstract system of sounds; the idealized and abstract description of a sound such as /s/. indicated by slash marks phonetic definition - ANSWER concrete productions of specific sounds enclosed in square brackets [ ] indicates specific sound productions of a speaker categories of phonetics - ANSWER acoustic phonetics auditory phonetics articulatory phonetics applied (clinical) phonetics experimental phonetics descriptive phonetics acoustic phonetics - ANSWER examines the relationship between articulation and the acoustic signal of speech. Studies the acoustic properties of sound waves auditory phonetics - ANSWER study of hearing, perception, and brain's processing of speech articulatory or physiological phonetics - ANSWER study of speech sound production; how the physiological movements of the articulators produce individual sounds applied (clinical) phonetics - ANSWER study of practical application of research in articulatory, perceptual, acoustic, and experimental phonetics; phonemic analysis experimental phonetics - ANSWER involves the use of objective laboratory and experimental techniques to scientifically analyze speech sounds