Humans seem to have a special capacity for language that is not found in any other species. - answer-True
We acquire the "rules" of our language in school because teachers expose us to those rules. - answer-False
Linguistics - answer-the study of how language works as a medium of communicatio...
ENGL 3620 (Module 1- Module 13)
Humans seem to have a special capacity for language that is not found in any other species. -
answer-True
We acquire the "rules" of our language in school because teachers expose us to those rules. -
answer-False
Linguistics - answer-the study of how language works as a medium of communication among
humans.
Linguistic Competence - answer-The ability to recognize that certain utterances are not
acceptable and simply do not belong in a language.
Grammer - answer-The mental system that allows human beings to form and interpret new
sounds, words, and sentences in their language.
Phonetics - answer-The rules for articulating and perceiving speech sounds.
Phonology - answer-The rules for how sounds are combined in a language.
Morphology - answer-The rules for how words are formed in a language.
Syntax - answer-The rules for how phrases and sentences are formed in a language.
Semantics - answer-The rules that govern how meaning is expressed by words and sentences
in a language.
Pragmatics - answer-The rules that govern how context or situation are used in expressing the
intended meanings in a language.
The goal of linguistics is to prescribe to people how they should speak and to improve their
grammar. - answer-False
Linguistics has conclusively shown that many primitive languages do not have a grammar. -
answer-False
Grammatical knowledge is largely subconscious and not accessible to introspection. - answer-
True
Newborns respond in the same way to human voices as they do to other types of sounds. -
answer-False
It has been conclusively proven that grammars remain constant throughout history and do not
change over time. - answer-False
Each of us is already an expert at the language that we grew up speaking. - answer-True
Humans are especially equipped for the perception of speech. - answer-True
, There is no such thing as a good grammar and a bad grammar. - answer-True
Speakers of a language are able to produce and understand an unlimited number of utterances,
including many that are novel and unfamiliar. - answer-True
In nearly all speech sounds, the basic source of the power that is needed to make sounds is the
tongue. - answer-False
What is another name for the trachea? - answer-Windpipe
What is another name for the larynx? - answer-Voice Box
What is another name for the soft palate? - answer-Velum
The parts of the vocal tract that are used to produce sounds - answer-Articulators
The air passage above the larynx - answer-Vocal Tract
Two small, elastic, muscular folds in the larnyx - answer-Vocal Cords
The opening between the vocal cords - answer-Glottis
A large air-filled space above and behind the nose, right in the middle of the face - answer-
Nasal Cavity
A small, bumpy protuberance that sticks out just behind the upper teeth - answer-Alveolar Ridge
The front part of the roof of the mouth formed by a hard, smooth, bony structure - answer-Hard
Palate
A muscular flap that can be raised up to press against the back wall of the pharynx and can shut
off the nasal tract from the rst of the vocal tract - answer-Soft Palate
A small appendage that hangs from the lower end of the soft palate and dangles at the back of
your throat - answer-Uvula
The part of the vocal tract that is between the uvula and the larynx - answer-Pharynx
A flap of cartilage that is attached to the lower part of the root of the tongue which prevents food
from getting into the windpipe when you swallow so you won't choke - answer-Epiglottis
The body of the tongue can be divided into three parts - the front, the center, and the back. -
answer-True
The vocal tract can be divided into two parts - the oral tract and the nasal tract. - answer-True
It is usually the upper surface of the vocal tract that moves toward the lower surface in the
formation of sounds. - answer-False
The tip and the blade are the most mobile parts of the tongue. - answer-True
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