Someone sees a child spill juice and decides to warn the child rather than simply describe what happened. Which process most directly involves choosing what to communicate and how to present it?
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Conceptualization, formulation, and output must each be completed fully before the next process can begin.
- A
True
- B
False
In speech production, a guides movements of the vocal tract and other speech mechanisms.
What is the term for the intended ideas and their relationships before they have been fully expressed in words?
A writer chooses spellings and applies capitalization and punctuation while preparing a sentence. Which production process is most directly involved?
- A
Conceptualization
- B
Output
- C
Formulation
- D
Monitoring
Written output can be produced by handwriting, typing, or another means of text entry.
- A
True
- B
False
Select all statements that accurately describe how a word is prepared for speech.
- A
Selecting a spoken word involves accessing its meaning and grammatical properties before retrieving and organizing its sound structure.
- B
A word’s sound structure is retrieved only after its audible utterance has been produced.
- C
Sounds are assembled into syllables and a pronunciation plan.
- D
Grammatical roles are assigned only after the speaker has finished the utterance.
The stage that realizes a linguistic plan as speech or visible text is .
A writer rereads a draft and reorganizes its paragraphs after noticing that the ideas are difficult to follow. Which activity is most directly illustrated?
- A
Conceptualization before any writing begins
- B
Sound assembly
- C
Word retrieval
- D
Rereading and revising written output
Select all statements supported about planning what to communicate in conversation and writing.
- A
A conversational speaker considers shared knowledge.
- B
A conversational speaker considers the ongoing exchange.
- C
A writer need not consider the assignment or reader.
- D
A writer may set goals and generate and organize ideas.
What process allows speakers or writers to notice a problem in their production and adjust it as they go?
A student wants to explain that rain delayed a game. Describe how the same communicative intention could be expressed in speech and in writing, and explain what may differ between the two expressions.
A speaker selects words, assigns them grammatical roles, and arranges them in the order needed to express an event. Which process is most directly involved?
- A
Conceptualization
- B
Formulation
- C
Output
- D
Monitoring
Which statement best describes the relationship between an intended message and its linguistic expression?
- A
Output must occur before an intended message exists.
- B
Formulation creates the communicative intention from the audible utterance.
- C
An intended message can be selected and organized before it is fully expressed in linguistic forms.
- D
Conceptualization is limited to choosing the sounds of words.
A writer has chosen the ideas for a message and prepared its wording. She now types the words so they appear as visible text. Which part of language production is she carrying out?
- A
Output
- B
Conceptualization
- C
Formulation
- D
Audience planning
After seeing a child spill juice, Maya decides to warn the child to be careful rather than simply describe what happened. Which process best accounts for choosing the message and its purpose?
- A
Formulation
- B
Conceptualization
- C
Output
- D
Monitoring
A student has decided what to write and is selecting the correct spelling and capitalization for the words. Which process is most directly involved?
- A
Conceptualization
- B
Output
- C
Formulation
- D
Monitoring
A speaker who notices a problem in an utterance can pause, correct the error, or restart. Is this true or false?
- A
True
- B
False
A writer rereads a draft and changes its organization and wording. What process is the writer carrying out?
In the sentence “The child spilled the juice,” what grammatical feature is expressed by the verb form “spilled”?
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