Spanish CSET I Subtest Questions with
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Linguistic ---correct precise answer ---The scientific study of the
language, how it is put together and how it functions. It looks at the
interplay of sound (phonetic) and meaning (semantics and
pragmatics).
Phonetics ---correct precise answer ---The Study of human speech
sounds
Grammar ---correct precise answer ---Influenced by both sound and
meaning (Morphology, syntax, and phonology).
Pragmatics ---correct precise answer ---The Study of the use of
language in context... deals with how listeners arrive at intended
meaning of speaking.
Phonology ---correct precise answer ---The Branch of linguistics
which studies how sounds are organized, and used in natural
language.
,Ex: time [t] & dime [d] Identical words, except beginning sounds.
Allophone ---correct precise answer ---Phones which are phonetically
similar but not the same and which are treated as the same in
linguistic communication; or the sound which are phonetically
different but do not make one word different from another in
meaning.
Ex: pat, spin, cup
These are sounds that are perceptibly different but do not distinguish
words.
P^h - Pat (aspirated)
P- Spin (not aspirated)
P^o- Cup (your lips remain closed; /p/ is unreleased)
Allophone ---correct precise answer ---Is a set of multiple spoken
sounds (or phones) used to pronounce a single phoneme. For example,
[p^h] (as in pin) and [p] (as in spin) are multiple spoken sounds for
the phoneme /p/ in the English language. Although a phoneme's
variation of spoken sounds are all alternative pronunciations for a
phoneme, the specific alternative sound selected in a given situation is
often predictable. Changing the alternative sounds used by native
speakers for a given phoneme in a specific context usually will not
change the meaning of a word but the results may sound non-native or
, unintelligible. Native speakers of a given language usually perceive
one phoneme in their language as a single distinctive sound in that
language and are "both unaware of and even shocked by "all the
different variations used to pronounce single phonemes.
Morphology ---correct precise answer ---The study of the structure of
the words and how words are formed.
Morphemes ---correct precise answer ---Minimal units of words that
have a meaning and cannot be subdivided any further. There are two
types.
Bound Morphemes ---correct precise answer ---The smallest unit that
has meaning but cannot stand alone. (A morpheme that must be
attached to another morpheme and cannot stand alone.) Affix are
often this type of morpheme. It also includes prefixes (added to the
beginning of another morpheme), suffices (added to the end), infixes
(inserted into other morphemes), and circumfixes (attached to
another morpheme at the beginning and end)
Ex: o, as, a, amos, an (the ending of any grammatical change in a
verb.
Verified Correct Detailed Answers latest
updated version
Linguistic ---correct precise answer ---The scientific study of the
language, how it is put together and how it functions. It looks at the
interplay of sound (phonetic) and meaning (semantics and
pragmatics).
Phonetics ---correct precise answer ---The Study of human speech
sounds
Grammar ---correct precise answer ---Influenced by both sound and
meaning (Morphology, syntax, and phonology).
Pragmatics ---correct precise answer ---The Study of the use of
language in context... deals with how listeners arrive at intended
meaning of speaking.
Phonology ---correct precise answer ---The Branch of linguistics
which studies how sounds are organized, and used in natural
language.
,Ex: time [t] & dime [d] Identical words, except beginning sounds.
Allophone ---correct precise answer ---Phones which are phonetically
similar but not the same and which are treated as the same in
linguistic communication; or the sound which are phonetically
different but do not make one word different from another in
meaning.
Ex: pat, spin, cup
These are sounds that are perceptibly different but do not distinguish
words.
P^h - Pat (aspirated)
P- Spin (not aspirated)
P^o- Cup (your lips remain closed; /p/ is unreleased)
Allophone ---correct precise answer ---Is a set of multiple spoken
sounds (or phones) used to pronounce a single phoneme. For example,
[p^h] (as in pin) and [p] (as in spin) are multiple spoken sounds for
the phoneme /p/ in the English language. Although a phoneme's
variation of spoken sounds are all alternative pronunciations for a
phoneme, the specific alternative sound selected in a given situation is
often predictable. Changing the alternative sounds used by native
speakers for a given phoneme in a specific context usually will not
change the meaning of a word but the results may sound non-native or
, unintelligible. Native speakers of a given language usually perceive
one phoneme in their language as a single distinctive sound in that
language and are "both unaware of and even shocked by "all the
different variations used to pronounce single phonemes.
Morphology ---correct precise answer ---The study of the structure of
the words and how words are formed.
Morphemes ---correct precise answer ---Minimal units of words that
have a meaning and cannot be subdivided any further. There are two
types.
Bound Morphemes ---correct precise answer ---The smallest unit that
has meaning but cannot stand alone. (A morpheme that must be
attached to another morpheme and cannot stand alone.) Affix are
often this type of morpheme. It also includes prefixes (added to the
beginning of another morpheme), suffices (added to the end), infixes
(inserted into other morphemes), and circumfixes (attached to
another morpheme at the beginning and end)
Ex: o, as, a, amos, an (the ending of any grammatical change in a
verb.
