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SLP 150
Basic Communication Terms/Concepts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Speech | how we use our voice to communicate thoughts |
| Articulation | the ability to produce specific sounds |
| Voice | the quality of the sound we produce (pitch/volume) |
| Fluency | the smoothness/rhythm of speech |
| Language | consists of socially shared rules for how we use words to communicate thoughts |
| Receptive | what one can understand |
| Expressive | how we use/combine words to share ideas/communicate wants and needs |
| Pragmatic | the social use of language/knowing what and when to say something |
| Typical | communication develops normally |
| Disordered | communication is significantly impaired |
| Delay | communication develops slower than expected |
| Disorder | communication develops unusually |
| Difference | communication varies due to language |
| Developmental | communication develops unusually |
| Acquired | happens after birth |
| Congenital | present at birth |
| Organic | caused by a physical or medical condition |
| Functional | no known physical cause |
| Phonology | the sound system of a language |
| Morphology | the study of word parts and how words are formed |
| Semantics | the meaning of words and sentences |
| Syntax | the rules for putting words into sentences |
| Pragmatics | the social use of language in different situations |