Quiz 1

Question 1

Seem to be specialized for language

Answer 1

Humans

Question 2

First appeared 100,000 to 200,000 years ago

Answer 2

Language

Question 3

___________ tract and ____________ anatomy evidence

Answer 3

Vocal, brain

Question 4

Evidence that suggests language

Answer 4

Socio-cultural

Question 5

We seem to come ___________ to language

Answer 5

Hardwired

Question 6

Language is…

Answer 6

Creative

Question 7

A ___________ set of rules creating an infinitive number of sentences

Answer 7

Finite

Question 8

The ability to take one structure and nest it in another structure and repeat infinitely

Answer 8

Recursion

Question 9

Det + Noun + Prepositional Phrase

Answer 9

Noun Phrase

Question 10

Preposition + Noun Phrase

Answer 10

Prepositional Phrase

Question 11

All languages have…

Answer 11

Grammar

Question 12

The mental system of rules and categories that allow us to use and interpret language

Answer 12

Grammar

Question 13

Grammar as far we are concerned is…

Answer 13

Linguistic competence

Question 14

Grammar prescribed by culture or institution

Answer 14

Perscriptive

Question 15

How you use language on a day to day basis

Answer 15

Descriptive

Question 16

What you know about language

Answer 16

Competence

Question 17

How you use what you know

Answer 17

Performance

Question 18

Regional variation of a language

Answer 18

Dialect

Question 19

How you speak a language that is not your first language

Answer 19

Accent

Question 20

All grammars are alike in basic ways

Answer 20

Universality

Question 21

Grammatical competence is largely…

Answer 21

Subconscious

Question 22

The scientific study of language

Answer 22

Linguistics

Question 23

Two major areas of study…

Answer 23

Theoretically, Biologically

Question 24

The study of the inventory and structure of the sounds of language

Answer 24

Phonestics

Question 25

Speech sounds

Answer 25

Acoustic Phonetics

Question 26

Discrete units of speech stream – the consonants and vowels

Answer 26

Segment

Question 27

Stress, tone, and intonation (acoustic)

Answer 27

Suprasegmental

Question 28

The emphasis on a certain syllable in a word

Answer 28

Stress

Question 29

Overall pitch contour of an utterance

Answer 29

Intonation

Question 30

When you are counting syllables you are counting __________, almost always vowels

Answer 30

Nuclei

Question 31

Sometimes syllables have __________ or they begin with something and those have consents

Answer 31

Onests

Question 32

The end of a syllable

Answer 32

Coda

Question 33

Filter model of speech production

Answer 33

The source

Question 34

Air pressure is created in the lungs which vibrates the vocal folds (or not) located in the larynx

Answer 34

Source

Question 35

The various articulators that filter the source sounds to create speech

Answer 35

Filter

Question 36

Something you use in your mouth to create speech sounds

Answer 36

Articulator

Question 37

The ligaments extending along the interior larynx wall

Answer 37

Vocal cords/flaps

Question 38

The aperture between the cords

Answer 38

Glottis

Question 39

Used to adjust the space between the vocal cords (voicing)

Answer 39

Arytenoid cartilages

Question 40

Front ends of vocal cords attach here and can stretch the cords to change pitch

Answer 40

Thyroid cartiliages

Question 41

Open glottis

Answer 41

Voiceless sounds

Question 42

Vocal folds vibrate

Answer 42

Voice sounds

Question 43

Narrowing of folds to the point of friction

Answer 43

Whisper