Characteristics of Connected Speech

What is considered when transcribing at the single word level?

• Connected speech

• Citation form

• Utterance

• Phoneme isolation

What results from two or more words joined together to make an utterance?

• Citation form

• Phoneme isolation

• Connected speech

• Word segmentation

What is an utterance?

• A single phoneme

• A phrase or sentence used to express meaning

• A word spoken in isolation

• A type of connected speech

What happens to phonemes during connected speech?

• They remain unchanged.

• They may be altered, eliminated, or added.

• They are always eliminated.

• They are only added.

What are the characteristics of connected speech?

• Changes in volume and pitch.

• Changes in stress, intonation, and timing.

• Changes in speed and clarity.

• Changes in language and dialect.

What are the two main modifications of words in connected speech?

• Phonetic and phonological modifications.

• Lexical and grammatical modifications.

• Segmental and suprasegmental modifications.

• Syntactic and semantic modifications.

What are segmental modifications?

• Changes of phonemes of words at the connected speech level

• Changes in sentence structure

• Alterations in word meaning

• Modifications in writing style

Which of the following is NOT a process involved in segmental modifications?

• Assimilation

• Elision

• Translation

• Epenthesis

What can cause segmental modifications?

• Coarticulation, variations in production or dialects, and speech sound disorders

• Changes in vocabulary

• Alterations in grammar rules

• Modifications in punctuation

What is coarticulation in speech production?

• The clear articulation of each phoneme

• The overlapping of articulators due to rapid speech production

• The slow and labored production of speech

• The isolation of phonemes in speech