SLO1 WGU Study Guide 2023 with complete solution
Semantics
Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
Pragmatics
The study of how context and situation affect meaning
Homonym
To, too, two
Homograph
Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
Metaphor
Non literal meaning
Idiom
Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
Discourse
Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
Deixis
Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
Anaphora
Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
Anomaly
Violation of semantic rules
Phonetic alphabet
Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
Allomorph
Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
Orthography
Written form of a language
Glottis
Opening between the vocal cords
Obstruent
Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
Sonorant
Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
Suprasegmental
Prosodic features
Manner of articulation
Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
, Place of articulation
Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the production of speech
sounds
Bilabial
Sounds made by bringing the lips together
Labiodental
Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
Alveolar
Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
Palatal
Raising front part of tongue to the palate
Velar
Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
Uvular
Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
Voiced
Sounds using voice
Voiceless
Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
Oral
Air escaping through mouth
Nasal
Air through nose
Overgeneralization
When Lang learners apply certain rule to situations where the rule doesn't work
Cutted, eated, runned
LAD
Language acquisition device/universal grammar: device in brain which is where
language is acquired
Critical period hypothesis
Lenneberg: there is a window of opportunity for people to acquire a first language
Caretaker talk
Modified talk used by parents and other caretakers when talking to young children.
Esso baby
Behaviorism
In regards to lang acquisition, language learning is a matter of imitation and habit
formation
Innatism
Chomsky: children are biologically programmed for language
Interactionism
Language develops as a result of the complex interplay between the uniquely human
characteristic of the child and the environment in which the child develops
Foreigner talk
Semantics
Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
Pragmatics
The study of how context and situation affect meaning
Homonym
To, too, two
Homograph
Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
Metaphor
Non literal meaning
Idiom
Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
Discourse
Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
Deixis
Most know context to understand
You go there.
She did that.
Anaphora
Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
Anomaly
Violation of semantic rules
Phonetic alphabet
Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
Allomorph
Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
Orthography
Written form of a language
Glottis
Opening between the vocal cords
Obstruent
Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
Sonorant
Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
Suprasegmental
Prosodic features
Manner of articulation
Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
, Place of articulation
Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the production of speech
sounds
Bilabial
Sounds made by bringing the lips together
Labiodental
Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
Alveolar
Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
Palatal
Raising front part of tongue to the palate
Velar
Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
Uvular
Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
Voiced
Sounds using voice
Voiceless
Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
Oral
Air escaping through mouth
Nasal
Air through nose
Overgeneralization
When Lang learners apply certain rule to situations where the rule doesn't work
Cutted, eated, runned
LAD
Language acquisition device/universal grammar: device in brain which is where
language is acquired
Critical period hypothesis
Lenneberg: there is a window of opportunity for people to acquire a first language
Caretaker talk
Modified talk used by parents and other caretakers when talking to young children.
Esso baby
Behaviorism
In regards to lang acquisition, language learning is a matter of imitation and habit
formation
Innatism
Chomsky: children are biologically programmed for language
Interactionism
Language develops as a result of the complex interplay between the uniquely human
characteristic of the child and the environment in which the child develops
Foreigner talk
