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SLO1 WGU STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Question : Semantics
Correct answer: Study of linguistics meaning of
morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences
Question : Pragmatics
Correct answer: The study of how context and situation
affect meaning
Question : Homonym
Correct answer: To, too, two
Question : Homograph
Correct answer: Bear, bear spelled and pronounced the
same
Question : Metaphor
Correct answer: Non literal meaning
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Question : Idiom
Correct answer: Meaning unrelated to the meaning of its
parts
Question : Discourse
Correct answer: Linguistic unit composed of several
sentences
Question : Deixis
Correct answer: Most know context to understand
You go there.She did that.
Question : Anaphora
Correct answer: Replacing a longer expression with a
shorter one
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Question : Anomaly
Correct answer: Violation of semantic rules
Question : Phonetic alphabet
Correct answer: Represent phonetics segments of speech
Cat - /k/ae/t/
Question : Allomorph
Correct answer: Alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme
Dog - d>g Dogs -dagz
Question : Orthography
Correct answer: Written form of a language
Question : Glottis
Correct answer: Opening between the vocal cords
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Question : Obstruent
Correct answer: Class of sounds consisting of nonnasal
stops, fricatives, and affricates
Question : Sonorant
Correct answer: Sounds vowels, glides, liquids, nasal
Question : Suprasegmental
Correct answer: Prosodic features
Question : Manner of articulation
Correct answer: Airstream is obstructed as it travels
through the vocal tract
Question : Place of articulation
Correct answer: Part of the vocal tract at which
constriction occurs during the production of speech sounds