Spanish CSET Subtest 1| Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Phonetics - -The Study of Human Speech Sounds. The articulation and
perception of speech and sounds.
-Pragmatics - -The study of the use of language in context. How listeners
arrive at intended meaning of speakers
-phonemes - -
-phonology - -the study of organizing sound systems. With this, we can
know what sounds can combine together to form words, what sounds can
occur at the beginning or at the end of the word, and how they should be
pronounced. (PATTERNING OF SPEECH AND SOUNDS)
-allophone - -one of a set of multiple spoken sounds used to pronounce a
single phoneme.
-morphology - -the study of the structure of words and how they are
formed.
-morpheme - -smallest units of words that have a meaning and cannot be
subdivided any further.
Two types: Free; can stand alone; (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
Bound: affix, suffix
-undateable
-morph - -the phonetic realization of a morpheme
-free morpheme - -a grammatical unit that can occur by itself. However,
other morphemes such as affixes can be attached to it.
-bound morpheme - -a grammatical unit that never occurs by itself, but is
always attached to some other morpheme
-affix - -a bound morpheme that is joined before, after, or within a root or
stem
-allomorph - -one of two or more complementary morphs which manifest a
morpheme
-syntax - -the study of sentence structure. Knowing the rules of sentence
formation in a language.
, -semantics - -the study of meaning in language. The analysis of the
meaning and interpretations of words, phrases, sentences. The ways in
which sounds and meanings are related.
-umlaut - -
-Semantic slanting - -the way of making statements so they can evoke a
specific emotional response.
ex. saying preemptive counterattack instead of invasion. because "invasion"
produces more negative feeling.
-inflection process - -the process by which affixes combine with roots with
the aim of indicating basic grammatical categories, for instance, tense,
plurality (dog-s, call-ed: 's' indicates plurality while 'ed' indicates the tense of
the verb and are inflectional suffixes).
-derivational morphemes - -change the part of speech or the basic meaning
of the word (-ment added to 'judgement')
-Speech Act Theory - -When we speak, our words do not have meaning in
and of themselves. They are very much affected by the situation, the
speaker and the listener. Thus words alone do not have a simple fixed
meaning.
-prescriptive grammar - -structure of language, how it should be used,
language/ grammar rules
-speech acts - -basic unit of communication. Is a minimal functional unit in
human communication.
-propositional meaning - -direct meaning
-Spanish civil war - -1936-39 republicans (spanish republic) backed by
mexico and SU vs Nationalists (facist group) with Franco help from Italy and
germany
-representatives - -assertions/ claims
-language aquisiton - -nature vs nuture, language determines the way
people think
-directives - -suggestions, requests
-root - -morphemes (and not affixes) that must be attached to another
morpheme and do not have a meaning of their own. Some examples are
ceive in perceive and mit in submit.
100% Correct Answers
Phonetics - -The Study of Human Speech Sounds. The articulation and
perception of speech and sounds.
-Pragmatics - -The study of the use of language in context. How listeners
arrive at intended meaning of speakers
-phonemes - -
-phonology - -the study of organizing sound systems. With this, we can
know what sounds can combine together to form words, what sounds can
occur at the beginning or at the end of the word, and how they should be
pronounced. (PATTERNING OF SPEECH AND SOUNDS)
-allophone - -one of a set of multiple spoken sounds used to pronounce a
single phoneme.
-morphology - -the study of the structure of words and how they are
formed.
-morpheme - -smallest units of words that have a meaning and cannot be
subdivided any further.
Two types: Free; can stand alone; (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
Bound: affix, suffix
-undateable
-morph - -the phonetic realization of a morpheme
-free morpheme - -a grammatical unit that can occur by itself. However,
other morphemes such as affixes can be attached to it.
-bound morpheme - -a grammatical unit that never occurs by itself, but is
always attached to some other morpheme
-affix - -a bound morpheme that is joined before, after, or within a root or
stem
-allomorph - -one of two or more complementary morphs which manifest a
morpheme
-syntax - -the study of sentence structure. Knowing the rules of sentence
formation in a language.
, -semantics - -the study of meaning in language. The analysis of the
meaning and interpretations of words, phrases, sentences. The ways in
which sounds and meanings are related.
-umlaut - -
-Semantic slanting - -the way of making statements so they can evoke a
specific emotional response.
ex. saying preemptive counterattack instead of invasion. because "invasion"
produces more negative feeling.
-inflection process - -the process by which affixes combine with roots with
the aim of indicating basic grammatical categories, for instance, tense,
plurality (dog-s, call-ed: 's' indicates plurality while 'ed' indicates the tense of
the verb and are inflectional suffixes).
-derivational morphemes - -change the part of speech or the basic meaning
of the word (-ment added to 'judgement')
-Speech Act Theory - -When we speak, our words do not have meaning in
and of themselves. They are very much affected by the situation, the
speaker and the listener. Thus words alone do not have a simple fixed
meaning.
-prescriptive grammar - -structure of language, how it should be used,
language/ grammar rules
-speech acts - -basic unit of communication. Is a minimal functional unit in
human communication.
-propositional meaning - -direct meaning
-Spanish civil war - -1936-39 republicans (spanish republic) backed by
mexico and SU vs Nationalists (facist group) with Franco help from Italy and
germany
-representatives - -assertions/ claims
-language aquisiton - -nature vs nuture, language determines the way
people think
-directives - -suggestions, requests
-root - -morphemes (and not affixes) that must be attached to another
morpheme and do not have a meaning of their own. Some examples are
ceive in perceive and mit in submit.
