SLO1 WGU EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Semantics - ANS Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
Pragmatics - ANS The study of how context and situation affect meaning
Homonym - ANS To, too, two
Homograph - ANS Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
Metaphor - ANS Non literal meaning
Idiom - ANS Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
Discourse - ANS Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
Deixis - ANS Most know context to understand
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,You go there.
She did that.
Anaphora - ANS Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
Anomaly - ANS Violation of semantic rules
Phonetic alphabet - ANS Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
Allomorph - ANS Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
Orthography - ANS Written form of a language
Glottis - ANS Opening between the vocal cords
Obstruent - ANS Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
Sonorant - ANS Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
Suprasegmental - ANS Prosodic features
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, Manner of articulation - ANS Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
Place of articulation - ANS Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the
production of speech sounds
Bilabial - ANS Sounds made by bringing the lips together
Labiodental - ANS Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
Alveolar - ANS Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
Palatal - ANS Raising front part of tongue to the palate
Velar - ANS Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
Uvular - ANS Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
Voiced - ANS Sounds using voice
Voiceless - ANS Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
Oral - ANS Air escaping through mouth
Nasal - ANS Air through nose
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CORRECT ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Semantics - ANS Study of linguistics meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
Pragmatics - ANS The study of how context and situation affect meaning
Homonym - ANS To, too, two
Homograph - ANS Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the same
Metaphor - ANS Non literal meaning
Idiom - ANS Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its parts
Discourse - ANS Linguistic unit composed of several sentences
Deixis - ANS Most know context to understand
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,You go there.
She did that.
Anaphora - ANS Replacing a longer expression with a shorter one
Anomaly - ANS Violation of semantic rules
Phonetic alphabet - ANS Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
Allomorph - ANS Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g
Dogs -dagz
Orthography - ANS Written form of a language
Glottis - ANS Opening between the vocal cords
Obstruent - ANS Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and affricates
Sonorant - ANS Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
Suprasegmental - ANS Prosodic features
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, Manner of articulation - ANS Airstream is obstructed as it travels through the vocal tract
Place of articulation - ANS Part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during the
production of speech sounds
Bilabial - ANS Sounds made by bringing the lips together
Labiodental - ANS Sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
Alveolar - ANS Raising tongue to alveolar ridge
Palatal - ANS Raising front part of tongue to the palate
Velar - ANS Raising back of tongue to the soft palate or velum
Uvular - ANS Raising back of the tongue to the uvula
Voiced - ANS Sounds using voice
Voiceless - ANS Sounds made with open and nonvibrating vocal cords
Oral - ANS Air escaping through mouth
Nasal - ANS Air through nose
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