EXP3604C Final FSU 2025 updated
questions with correct answers
The hierarchy of linguistic units, from smallest to largest, is *(Chapter 10)* - correct answer
✔✔phonemes, morpheme, words, phrases
- *Phonemes are single-sound units in a language. Morphemes are the smallest units of
language that contain meaning (note that morphemes are sometimes words). These can be
assembled to create words and then phrases.*
Which of the following is NOT a morpheme?
the word "sing"
the letter "-s"
the word "please"
"flew the coop"
*(Chapter 10)* - correct answer ✔✔the phrase "flew the coop"
- *Phrases are made up of multiple morphemes*
What would be an example of a speech error that most directly shows the effect of an incorrect
morpheme choice? *(Chapter 10)*
I well wish you on your journey.
,I have classifying many different species on plants.
I picked up on the way to class a newspaper.
Sally shells shesells by the shesore. - correct answer ✔✔I have classifying many different species
on plants.
- *This answer involves a switch between "-ing" and "-ed." This is a morpheme since it changes
the meaning of "classify."*
Coarticulation *(Chapter 10)* - correct answer ✔✔means that phonemes overlap eachother
- *Coarticulation is the overlap of phonemes in speech production. It makes speech production
faster and more fluent but perception more difficult. Because phonemes overlap, they also vary
depending on the context.*
The only difference between the [p] and the [t] phonemes is *(Chapter 10)*
place of articulation.
manner of production.
voicing.
voice-onset time. - correct answer ✔✔place of articulation
- *The letter "p" is pronounced further in front than "t," which relies on the tongue being placed
near the palate.*
Which of the following is NOT true of speech segmentation? *(Chapter 10)*
,It is made easier by the fact that more than half of the speech we hear consists of the 50 most
common words in English.
It can be ambiguous, and this can lead to awkward situations.
When words are taken out of context, they are far more difficult to identify.
The gaps between words are easily identifiable in the raw auditory stream. - correct answer
✔✔The gaps between words are easily identifiable in the raw auditory stream
- *Pauses in the stream of auditory information do not typically match up with breaks between
words.*
Categorical perception can explain *(Chapter 10)* - correct answer ✔✔why we more easily
detect differences between two phonemic categories than variations within a single category.
- *The differences between categories is the reason this is called categorical perception.
Essentially, variations in a sound are perceived as a single category.*
__________ is helpful in speech perception because it provides cues to important words and
emotional context, and can even eliminate garden-path sentences. *(Chapter 10)* - correct
answer ✔✔Prosody
- *Prosody is the helpful rise and fall of tone and the use of pauses in speech.*
The fact that new words in English very rarely start with sound combinations like "tl" or "ks"
demonstrates the *(Chapter 10)* - correct answer ✔✔phonological rules of english
, - *Phonology has to do with the rules that govern how sounds are assembled and combined to
produce a particular spoken language.*
Which of the following statements about generativity is FALSE? *(Chapter 10)*
It often relies on unconscious knowledge.
Morphemes can be added to words in any order.
It decreases the amount of memorization needed to learn a language.
There is no known limit to the number of new words that can be added to a language - correct
answer ✔✔Morphemes can be added to words in any order
- *There are rules that govern the use of morphemes. For example, "ablefreakunity" is not a
legal word.*
Which of the following is an example of a prescriptive rule of grammar? *(Chapter 10)*
Never end a sentence in a preposition.
People virtually never use [s] to pluralize words with voiced final segments.
Children learn to add "-ed" to a word to signify the past tense.
Adults find sentences awkward if they are too long - correct answer ✔✔Never end a sentence
in a preposition
questions with correct answers
The hierarchy of linguistic units, from smallest to largest, is *(Chapter 10)* - correct answer
✔✔phonemes, morpheme, words, phrases
- *Phonemes are single-sound units in a language. Morphemes are the smallest units of
language that contain meaning (note that morphemes are sometimes words). These can be
assembled to create words and then phrases.*
Which of the following is NOT a morpheme?
the word "sing"
the letter "-s"
the word "please"
"flew the coop"
*(Chapter 10)* - correct answer ✔✔the phrase "flew the coop"
- *Phrases are made up of multiple morphemes*
What would be an example of a speech error that most directly shows the effect of an incorrect
morpheme choice? *(Chapter 10)*
I well wish you on your journey.
,I have classifying many different species on plants.
I picked up on the way to class a newspaper.
Sally shells shesells by the shesore. - correct answer ✔✔I have classifying many different species
on plants.
- *This answer involves a switch between "-ing" and "-ed." This is a morpheme since it changes
the meaning of "classify."*
Coarticulation *(Chapter 10)* - correct answer ✔✔means that phonemes overlap eachother
- *Coarticulation is the overlap of phonemes in speech production. It makes speech production
faster and more fluent but perception more difficult. Because phonemes overlap, they also vary
depending on the context.*
The only difference between the [p] and the [t] phonemes is *(Chapter 10)*
place of articulation.
manner of production.
voicing.
voice-onset time. - correct answer ✔✔place of articulation
- *The letter "p" is pronounced further in front than "t," which relies on the tongue being placed
near the palate.*
Which of the following is NOT true of speech segmentation? *(Chapter 10)*
,It is made easier by the fact that more than half of the speech we hear consists of the 50 most
common words in English.
It can be ambiguous, and this can lead to awkward situations.
When words are taken out of context, they are far more difficult to identify.
The gaps between words are easily identifiable in the raw auditory stream. - correct answer
✔✔The gaps between words are easily identifiable in the raw auditory stream
- *Pauses in the stream of auditory information do not typically match up with breaks between
words.*
Categorical perception can explain *(Chapter 10)* - correct answer ✔✔why we more easily
detect differences between two phonemic categories than variations within a single category.
- *The differences between categories is the reason this is called categorical perception.
Essentially, variations in a sound are perceived as a single category.*
__________ is helpful in speech perception because it provides cues to important words and
emotional context, and can even eliminate garden-path sentences. *(Chapter 10)* - correct
answer ✔✔Prosody
- *Prosody is the helpful rise and fall of tone and the use of pauses in speech.*
The fact that new words in English very rarely start with sound combinations like "tl" or "ks"
demonstrates the *(Chapter 10)* - correct answer ✔✔phonological rules of english
, - *Phonology has to do with the rules that govern how sounds are assembled and combined to
produce a particular spoken language.*
Which of the following statements about generativity is FALSE? *(Chapter 10)*
It often relies on unconscious knowledge.
Morphemes can be added to words in any order.
It decreases the amount of memorization needed to learn a language.
There is no known limit to the number of new words that can be added to a language - correct
answer ✔✔Morphemes can be added to words in any order
- *There are rules that govern the use of morphemes. For example, "ablefreakunity" is not a
legal word.*
Which of the following is an example of a prescriptive rule of grammar? *(Chapter 10)*
Never end a sentence in a preposition.
People virtually never use [s] to pluralize words with voiced final segments.
Children learn to add "-ed" to a word to signify the past tense.
Adults find sentences awkward if they are too long - correct answer ✔✔Never end a sentence
in a preposition
