Final Exam (Post Midterm) Review

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According to ASHA's position statement, dialectal differences are disordered speech productions and should be corrected in speech therapy.

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False

Front

A speaker who learns English as a second language may experience transfer of phonological rules from their first language.

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True

Front

A speaker of a dialect with the characteristic of producing /f/ for /θ/ in the final position may produce "bath" as

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/bæf/

Front

A speaker of a dialect with the characteristic of monophthongization may pronounce "spoil" as

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/spɔl/

Front

A speaker with the dialectal characteristic of derhoticization may produce "proper" as

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[pɹɑpə]

Front

In English, meaning is conveyed by changes in pitch at the sentence level (intonation).

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True

Front

In English, meaning is conveyed by changes in pitch at the word level (tone).

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False

Front

/bʌbʌbʌbʌ/ is an example of

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reduplicated babbling

Front

What should a clinician do if they are evaluating a client whose dialect or first language they are unfamiliar with?

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check reliable resources to find information about the dialect or first language

Answer explanation

Make sure you can name at least one resource where you would look for information about other languages or dialects!

Front

A toddler who is not yet producing any words is referred for a speech-language evaluation. What can the clinician do to assess the toddler's speech production?

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a phonemic analysis based on a sample of the toddler babbling