Communication and Language: Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Speech-Language Pathology

Definitions for various terms related to communication and language, including expressive and receptive language, voice, larynx, resonance, articulation, phoneme, phonetics, phonology, language, morphology, morpheme, free morpheme, bound morpheme, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, fluency, prosody, descriptive, etiology, organic, and functional. It also covers different theories of language and communication.

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TERM 1
expressive
language
DEFINITION 1
what you say; output
TERM 2
receptive
language
DEFINITION 2
what you understand; output
TERM 3
five components of human communication
DEFINITION 3
voicearticulationlanguagefluencyhearing
TERM 4
voice
DEFINITION 4
the sound source of speechproduced in the larynx
TERM 5
larynx
DEFINITION 5
contains the vocal folds (thin folds of muscle that vibrate and
produce voicing)
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expressive

language

what you say; output

TERM 2

receptive

language

DEFINITION 2

what you understand; output

TERM 3

five components of human communication

DEFINITION 3

voicearticulationlanguagefluencyhearing

TERM 4

voice

DEFINITION 4

the sound source of speechproduced in the larynx

TERM 5

larynx

DEFINITION 5

contains the vocal folds (thin folds of muscle that vibrate and

produce voicing)

Resonance

the sound is shaped to modified in the throat, mouth, and

nose

TERM 7

articulation

DEFINITION 7

the movement of the speech mechanism to produce the

sounds of speech

TERM 8

phoneme

DEFINITION 8

a group of speech sounds(/b/, /p/)

TERM 9

phonetics

DEFINITION 9

decries the production, perception, and classification of

speech sounds

TERM 10

phonology

DEFINITION 10

the study of speech sounds and sound patterns

syntactic rules

word ordersentences structure

TERM 17

semantic rules

DEFINITION 17

meaningknowledge

TERM 18

pragmatic rules

DEFINITION 18

social usesrules of usage

TERM 19

phonological rules govern..

DEFINITION 19

which sounds may appear together and where

TERM 20

morphology

DEFINITION 20

the study of word structures

morpheme

the smallest meaningful unit of a languageused to form

words

TERM 22

free morpheme

DEFINITION 22

can stand alone and mean something

TERM 23

bound morpheme

DEFINITION 23

cannot stand alone (Prefix and suffix or S's at the end of

words)

TERM 24

syntax

DEFINITION 24

the arrnagement of words to form meaningful sentences

(grammar)A collection of rules for combing words into

phrases and sentences (word order)

TERM 25

Noam Chomsky

DEFINITION 25

stated that the syntactic structures are the essence of

language. Universal rules of grammar apply to all language.-

if a child is born without the knowledge of the rules of

grammar, then that child would not acquire language

pragmatics

the study of rules that govern language use in social

situationplaces emphasis on the functions or use use of

language as opposed to its structure

TERM 32

instrumental function

DEFINITION 32

we try to get what we want(most of the verbal requests

through which we satisfy our needs are instrumental)

TERM 33

regulatory function

DEFINITION 33

we try to get others to do what we want them to do(we

command somethings)

TERM 34

Interactional function

DEFINITION 34

we engage other in social interaction (joint action)

TERM 35

fluency

DEFINITION 35

easy, smooth, flowing, and effortless, speech

prosody

variation in pitch, loudness, stress, intonation, and rhythm of

continuous speech; prosody is a quality of both voice and

fluency.

TERM 37

descriptive (not

etiological)

DEFINITION 37

looks at the particular aspect that is disordered (voice,

language,etc.) and describes the difficulty that the person is

having

TERM 38

etiology

DEFINITION 38

study of causes of disorders

TERM 39

organic

DEFINITION 39

neurological or phyiological defect

TERM 40

functional (idiopathic)

DEFINITION 40

do not have a known organic cause