Exam 1 Chapter 1

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Communication

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any act in which information is given to or received from another person

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Speech

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the communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words, verbal communication

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Language

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a complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that is used in various modes for thought and communication

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Phonology

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the study of the sound system of language and includes the rules that govern it’s spoken form

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Morphology

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studies the structure of words

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Morpheme

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the smallest meaningful unit of a language

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Syntax

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consists of organizational rules denoting word, phrase, and clause order; sentence organization and the relationship between words

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Semantics

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the study of linguistic meaning and includes the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences

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Pragmatics

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the study of language used to communicate within various situational contexts

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Communication Disorders

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the impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts including verbal, nonverbal, and graphic symbol systems

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Speech Disorder

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used to indicate oral, verbal communication that is so deviant from the norm that it is noticeable or interferes with communication

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Language Disorder

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impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, and/or other symbol systems

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Articulation

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the totality of motor processes involved in the planning and execution of sequences of overlapping gestures that result in speech

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Speech Sounds

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represent physical sound realities; they are the end products of articulatory motor processes

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Phoneme

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the smallest linguistic unit that is able, when combined with other such units, to establish word meanings and distinguish between them

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Allophones

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variations in phoneme realizations that do not change the meaning of a word when they are produced in differing contexts

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Phonetic Variations

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another term for speech sounds

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Phonotactics

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refers to the description of the allowed combinations of phonemes in a particular language

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Articulation Disorder

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refers to difficulties with the motor production aspects of speech, or an inability to produce certain speech sounds

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Phonological Disorder

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refers to impaired comprehension of the sound system of a language and the rules that govern the sound combinations

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Phonemic Inventory

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the repertoire of phonemes used contrastively by an individual

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Minimal Pairs

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two words that differ in only one phoneme value