___ are produced by a quick transition of the articulators as they move from a partially constricted state to a more open state for the vowels that follow them:
affricates
stops
liquids
glides
____ are produced with the least oral cavity restriction of all the consonants:
liquids
glides
fricatives
nasals
___ refers to the speed of speech
rate
____ is the auditory sensation of the frequency with which the vocal folds vibrate:
pitch
____ is the magnitude and direction of displacement:
amplitude
___ is the bending of the sound wave due to change in its speed of propagation:
refraction
Intensity of normal conversational speech varies between __ dB and __ dB SPL.
50 dB and 70 dB SPL
Morphology is the study of ___ ____.
Word structure
A ___ is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.
morpheme
allomorph
phoneme
allophone
Present progressive morpheme:
-s
-ed
-ing
-'s
Syntax is the study of ___ ____.
sentence structure
The subject receives the action of the verb in:
exclamatory sentences
passive sentences
active sentences
Which of the following is NOT a function of language?
protesting
fast-mapping
commenting
labeling
Behavior in which "signals" have an effect on the listener or observer but lack communicative intent:
perlocutionary
locutionary
illocutionary
Signaling to carry out some socially organized action, such as pointing and laughing:
locutionary
illocutionary
perlocutionary
Most children produce __ words by 18 months:
150
100
20
50
