SHS 250 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
phonetics - Answers study of perception and production of speech sounds
articulators - Answers the parts of the oral tract that are used to produced sounds; two things coming
together (i.e. lips coming together, tongue to top)
articulatory phonetics - Answers study of phonetics w emphasis on position and movement of
articulators
acoustic phonetics - Answers study of phonetics with respect to the physics of sound
clinical phonetics - Answers apply concepts of phonetics to disorders;
describe the way ppl are producing sounds
perceptual discrimination - Answers use a symbol to indicate how someone is producing a sound (i.e.
a regular /s/ and an /s/ with a lisp)
transcription - Answers use of symbols to represent the production of speech sounds
broad transcription - Answers general detail, more than one symbol,
just enough to understand what the person is saying
narrow transcription - Answers fine detail, more than one symbol, adds phonetic detail to broad
transcription using diacritics (i.e. they way they said it was it distorted, & in what way was it distorted)
principles of phonetics... - Answers - isomorphism: one symbol for one sound
- a sound is written the same all the time
- no silent letters
- symbols don't change
language - Answers system that uses sounds, signs, symbols to communicate
speech - Answers a pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs, also a pattern of
acoustic vibration
dialect - Answers a subset within a language of patterns of use based on regional or social boundaries
(i.e. patterns of phoneme use, word choice, grammar)
taxonomy of language - Answers - conversation (sentences)
- phrases
- words
- morphemes
- phonemes
- allophones
morphemes - Answers in language, the smallest unit of meaning (i.e. dividing words up: un-want-ed,
each is a morpheme because they each have meaning)
phonemes - Answers smallest unit of sound that can affect the meaning (i.e. bat; if u change the /b/
to a /s/ or /p/ it's a diff word and a different meaning)
allophones - Answers variations on a phoneme that don't change the meaning (i.e. distorted word,
the way its pronounced)
language: areas of study - Answers
Syntax - Answers study of the way words combine to form sentences
semantics - Answers the study of the meaning of words and sentences; meaning of words themselves
morphology - Answers the study of the structure of words and sentences
phonology - Answers the study of the way speech sounds pattern in language (english vs. french use
of [zh] i.e. vision and french the letter J is the same sound like "j'mapalle")
phonetics - Answers the study of speech sounds
morph - Answers kind of like a morpheme, but it doesn't carry a meaning (i.e. "o" in "speedometer")
/ɛ/ - Answers Bet, said, head, ever
Kevin said, "Better head eleven steps to the left."
Minimal contrasts/Minimal pairs - Answers two morphemes differing in only one sound segment
- Bin, pin
Kin, Kim
Met, mat
how many phonemes?
success
occur
choir
phonetics - Answers study of perception and production of speech sounds
articulators - Answers the parts of the oral tract that are used to produced sounds; two things coming
together (i.e. lips coming together, tongue to top)
articulatory phonetics - Answers study of phonetics w emphasis on position and movement of
articulators
acoustic phonetics - Answers study of phonetics with respect to the physics of sound
clinical phonetics - Answers apply concepts of phonetics to disorders;
describe the way ppl are producing sounds
perceptual discrimination - Answers use a symbol to indicate how someone is producing a sound (i.e.
a regular /s/ and an /s/ with a lisp)
transcription - Answers use of symbols to represent the production of speech sounds
broad transcription - Answers general detail, more than one symbol,
just enough to understand what the person is saying
narrow transcription - Answers fine detail, more than one symbol, adds phonetic detail to broad
transcription using diacritics (i.e. they way they said it was it distorted, & in what way was it distorted)
principles of phonetics... - Answers - isomorphism: one symbol for one sound
- a sound is written the same all the time
- no silent letters
- symbols don't change
language - Answers system that uses sounds, signs, symbols to communicate
speech - Answers a pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs, also a pattern of
acoustic vibration
dialect - Answers a subset within a language of patterns of use based on regional or social boundaries
(i.e. patterns of phoneme use, word choice, grammar)
taxonomy of language - Answers - conversation (sentences)
- phrases
- words
- morphemes
- phonemes
- allophones
morphemes - Answers in language, the smallest unit of meaning (i.e. dividing words up: un-want-ed,
each is a morpheme because they each have meaning)
phonemes - Answers smallest unit of sound that can affect the meaning (i.e. bat; if u change the /b/
to a /s/ or /p/ it's a diff word and a different meaning)
allophones - Answers variations on a phoneme that don't change the meaning (i.e. distorted word,
the way its pronounced)
language: areas of study - Answers
Syntax - Answers study of the way words combine to form sentences
semantics - Answers the study of the meaning of words and sentences; meaning of words themselves
morphology - Answers the study of the structure of words and sentences
phonology - Answers the study of the way speech sounds pattern in language (english vs. french use
of [zh] i.e. vision and french the letter J is the same sound like "j'mapalle")
phonetics - Answers the study of speech sounds
morph - Answers kind of like a morpheme, but it doesn't carry a meaning (i.e. "o" in "speedometer")
/ɛ/ - Answers Bet, said, head, ever
Kevin said, "Better head eleven steps to the left."
Minimal contrasts/Minimal pairs - Answers two morphemes differing in only one sound segment
- Bin, pin
Kin, Kim
Met, mat
how many phonemes?
success
occur
choir
