Linguistics Questions

Youko is doing a presentation on free speech. During her presentation, she tells her audience exactly what free speech is and how it directly relates to their lives. This is an example of a(n)

Lata gives a eulogy at her grandmother's funeral. She talks about her grandmother's life andaccomplishments, and she hopes to inspire her audience to remember her grandmother fondly andjoyfully. This is an example of a(n) ______________ .

The following example, is an example of which of the organizational strategies? Thesis: To persuade my classroom peers that our campus should adopt a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech. Main Points:1.Demonstrate that there is distrust among different groups on campus that has led to unnecessary confrontations and violence.2.Show that the confrontations and violence are a result of hate speech that occurred prior to the events.3.Explain how instituting a campus-wide zero-tolerance policy against hate speech could stop the unnecessary confrontations and violence.

The following example, is an example of which of the organizational strategies? Specific Purpose: To persuade my classroom peers that the United States should have stronger laws governing the use of for-profit medical experiments.Main Points:Attention: Want to make nine thousand dollars for just three weeks of work lying around and not doing much? Then be a human guinea pig. Admittedly, you'll have to have a tube down your throat most of those three weeks, but you'll earn three thousand dollars a week.Need: Every day many uneducated and lower socioeconomic-status citizens are preyed on by medical and pharmaceutical companies for use in for-profit medical and drug experiments. Do you want one of your family members to fall prey to this evil scheme?Satisfaction: The United States should have stronger laws governing the use of for-profit medical experiments to ensure that uneducated and lower-socioeconomic-st

Which of the following is not an organizational strategy for persuasive speaking.

Which of the following is NOT true about a speech to toast another person?

The purpose of a persuasive speech is the same as an informative speech.

You must use one of the three organizational strategies discussed in chapter 16 for your persuasive speech.

When you take information, put it in your own words, and then cite the sources of that information during your speech, you are using?

A speaker gets up and presents a speech her roommate delivered last semester. This is an example of?

A speaker takes a variety of information and puts it in his own words. He does not cite his sources in his speech. This is an example of?

A speaker gives a mostly original speech, but fails to clearly cite one quotation and one picture used in a visual aid. This is an example of?

they are the concrete realisation of morphemes

minimal units carrying meaning. they are abstract units

movement, at least one of the 3 parameters for vowels changes as the vowel is being produced

classify consonants from the most consonantal to the least consonantal (stop to less stopped)

features of speech above segments (pitch, duration, amplitude)

complete closure around the middle of the mouth but the airflow proceeds along the sides of the tongue

consonants are produced without using vocal folds

airflow is constricted but not quite fully blocked