Physical Basis of Speech: Sounds and Vibration

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What is the primary function of Broca's Area in language processing?

Speech production (correct)

Semantic processing

Phonological processing

Language comprehension

What is the term for the ability to understand and use language effectively in different social contexts?

Pragmatic skills (correct)

Syntactic analysis

Phonological processing

Morphological knowledge

What is the process of temporarily holding and manipulating information in the brain?

Working memory (correct)

Morphological knowledge

Semantic processing

Phonological processing

According to the social basis of speech, what is the primary function of language?

To enable social cohesion and cooperation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of understanding the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences?

Semantic processing Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ability of the brain to recover or develop language skills even after brain damage?

Neuroplasticity Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the back-and-forth movement at a regular speed that occurs due to elasticity and inertia?

Oscillation Signup and view all the answers

What is the range of frequency that can be heard by the human ear?

16cps to 20,000cps Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the strength of sensation received through the ear?

Loudness Signup and view all the answers

What is the immediate source of energy for speech?

Respiration Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the gap between the vocal folds?

Glottis Signup and view all the answers

What is the movement of the vocal bands during phonation?

Open and close rapidly in a horizontal plane Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the organs of articulation during speech?

To act as valves or valve contacts for the interpretation of the breath stream Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the sound produced by the sudden separation of the lips?

[b] and [p] Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the cavity that extends from the tops of the larynx and esophagus to the cushion of the Eustachian tube?

Pharynx Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of increasing the tension of the vocal folds on the pitch of the sound produced?

The pitch increases Signup and view all the answers

What is the concept that suggests technology is the primary cause of major social and historical changes?

Technological Determinism Signup and view all the answers

What term describes the idea that technology is necessarily good and always better than what came before?

Cyberutopianism Signup and view all the answers

According to the concept of Social Realism, what is the nature of the relationship between technology, culture, and social interaction?

Two-way street Signup and view all the answers

What is the term that describes the advantages and disadvantages that arise from the material properties of a particular technology?

Technological Affordances Signup and view all the answers

What approach focuses on understanding what people actually do with communication technologies and what they get out of them?

Uses and Gratification Signup and view all the answers

What is the concept that suggests that technology is unstoppable, inevitable, and irreversible?

Technological Imperative Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the uttering of words that constitutes the performing of an action?

Performative Utterance Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the locutionary act?

The semantic or literal significance of the utterance Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a directive speech act?

To make the addressee perform an action Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the characteristic aim of each type of speech act?

Illocutionary point Signup and view all the answers

What are the conditions that must be met for the speech act not to misfire?

Preparatory conditions Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the degree of strength of the illocutionary point?

Illocutionary force Signup and view all the answers

What is Communicativeness in the context of speaking?

A dynamic relationship between the communicator and interpreters Signup and view all the answers

According to Chomsky, what is the child's problem in language acquisition?

To determine which of the possible languages is that of the community Signup and view all the answers

At what age do children begin to join two or more words into a single intonational contour?

20 months Signup and view all the answers

What is the basis for the learning of the principal deep-structure relationship between lexical items?

A child's ability to distinguish 'things' and 'properties' in situations Signup and view all the answers

What is the Social Inputs to Language perspective of Werner and Kaplan?

Social factors are equal partners in the emergence of symbolic capacity Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of Vygotsky's research on language development?

The role of social factors in language development Signup and view all the answers

What is the Attachment-Exploration Hypothesis?

Infants who can feel assured of availability and responsiveness can devote themselves more fully to interacting with the physical environment Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of motherese in language development?

It provides a simplified, repetitive, and often exaggerated form of the adult code Signup and view all the answers

What is the Determinant of Personality that refers to the physical makeup of the individual?

Constitutional Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary way in which people form their judgments of others' personality?

Through what they see and hear others doing Signup and view all the answers

Physical Basis of Speech: Sounds and Vibration

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What is the primary function of Broca's Area in language processing?

What is the term for the ability to understand and use language effectively in different social contexts?

What is the process of temporarily holding and manipulating information in the brain?

According to the social basis of speech, what is the primary function of language?

What is the term for the process of understanding the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences?

What is the term for the ability of the brain to recover or develop language skills even after brain damage?

What is the term for the back-and-forth movement at a regular speed that occurs due to elasticity and inertia?

What is the range of frequency that can be heard by the human ear?

What is the term for the strength of sensation received through the ear?

What is the immediate source of energy for speech?

What is the term for the gap between the vocal folds?

What is the movement of the vocal bands during phonation?

What is the purpose of the organs of articulation during speech?

What is the term for the sound produced by the sudden separation of the lips?

What is the term for the cavity that extends from the tops of the larynx and esophagus to the cushion of the Eustachian tube?

What is the effect of increasing the tension of the vocal folds on the pitch of the sound produced?

What is the concept that suggests technology is the primary cause of major social and historical changes?

What term describes the idea that technology is necessarily good and always better than what came before?

According to the concept of Social Realism, what is the nature of the relationship between technology, culture, and social interaction?

What is the term that describes the advantages and disadvantages that arise from the material properties of a particular technology?

What approach focuses on understanding what people actually do with communication technologies and what they get out of them?

What is the concept that suggests that technology is unstoppable, inevitable, and irreversible?

What is the term for the uttering of words that constitutes the performing of an action?

What is the focus of the locutionary act?

What is the purpose of a directive speech act?

What is the term for the characteristic aim of each type of speech act?

What are the conditions that must be met for the speech act not to misfire?

What is the term for the degree of strength of the illocutionary point?

What is Communicativeness in the context of speaking?

According to Chomsky, what is the child's problem in language acquisition?

At what age do children begin to join two or more words into a single intonational contour?

What is the basis for the learning of the principal deep-structure relationship between lexical items?

What is the Social Inputs to Language perspective of Werner and Kaplan?

What is the focus of Vygotsky's research on language development?

What is the Attachment-Exploration Hypothesis?

What is the role of motherese in language development?

What is the Determinant of Personality that refers to the physical makeup of the individual?

What is the primary way in which people form their judgments of others' personality?

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