30 Questions
What is the main purpose of language according to the text?
To create an organized means of communication using words
How many languages are spoken in the world today?
Around 7,000 languages
Which field of study focuses on the relationship between social behavior and language?
Sociolinguistics
What does psycholinguistics consider?
Both the production and comprehension of language
Which property of language is considered the most remarkable according to the text?
Its communicative nature
What is included in the broader concept of communication, as mentioned in the text?
Gestures, facial expressions, and touches
What is the study of the particular phonemes of a language?
Phonemics
Which unit of speech sound can be used to distinguish one utterance in a given language from another?
Phoneme
What refers to the ability to produce language creatively within the limits of a linguistic structure?
Productivity
Which principle states that meanings of words are determined by conventions agreed upon by people?
Principle of Conventionality
What are signs that resemble the object they represent called?
Icon
What is the smallest unit of meaning within a particular language?
Morpheme
Which component of words convey the bulk of the meaning in a language?
Content morphemes
What is the study of how to produce or combine speech sounds or to represent them with written symbols?
Phonetics
What does syntax refer to in the study of language?
The way in which words are put together to form sentences
What is the role of semantics in the study of language?
The study of meaning in a language
What does discourse encompass in the context of language use?
Language use beyond the sentence, such as in conversation and literature
What is coarticulation in the context of speech?
Pronouncing more than one sound at the same time
What is the main focus of psycholinguistics?
The study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend, and produce language
What does speech perception involve in language use?
Perceiving and recognizing the words being said
What does the Motor Theory of Speech Perception emphasize?
The movements of the speaker’s vocal tract to perceive speech
What is the focus of Syntax?
The regularity of structure
What is Denotation in semantics?
The strict dictionary definition of a word
What does Categorical perception emphasize?
The discontinuous categories of speech sounds
What is the main emphasis of Phonetic Refinement Theory?
Analysis of auditory sensations and shift to higher-level processing
What is the main concept behind TRACE Model in speech perception?
Highly interactive speech perception with three levels of feature detection
What is the focus of Connotation in semantics?
A word’s emotional overtones and presuppositions
What does the Phonemic-restoration effect involve?
Integrating what we know with what we hear when perceiving speech
What does the Level of Phonemes refer to in speech perception?
The distinct units of sound that make up words.
What is the main emphasis of the View of Speech as Special?
Organizing speech sounds into distinct categories.
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