This document provides an overview of the key concepts covered in Unit 1, Module 1, including: - The distinction between speech and language, with language being independent from speech and speech dependent on language. - The different categories of language including linguistic, paralinguistic, metalinguistic, nonlinguistic, and extralinguistic. - The five components that comprise language: use, content, form, pragmatics, and semantics/syntax/phonology/morphology. - Examples testing morphological awareness. - Information on dialects and links to documentary clips about North Carolina dialects. - Next steps to complete the module assignment, review the study guide, and take the quiz.

1. Unit 1
Module 1
Read Owens, Chapter 1 before proceeding

2. Speech
Language
Communication

3. Language is independent from
speech.
Speech is dependent on
language.
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gizmag.com
◦ Click on the link below to view how the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
distinguishes speech and language:
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/language_speec
h.htm

4. Extralinguistic
Linguistic:
Speaking, Listening;
Writing, Reading;
Signing

5. Paralinguistic
• Intonation
• Stress
• Rate
• Rhythm
• Suprasegmental
devices
Metalinguistic
• Read: Teaching
metalinguistic
awareness and
reading
comprehension with
riddles (link below)
Nonlinguistic
• Click on the link below
to view a Ted lecture
about nonverbal
language.
Dr. Zipke’s Teaching metalinguistic awareness and reading comprehension with riddles:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/28315/
Ted Lecture on Nonverbal Language:
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html
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Extralinguistic

6. Properties of Language
Social Tool
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Generative
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7. In Speech-Language Pathology,
speech generally refers to:
Voice
ArticulationFluency

8. Language is comprised of 5 components.
Use
Content
Form
Pragmatics
Syntax, Phonology, and Morphology
Semantics
Bloom &Lahey (1978)

9. Content: Semantics
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10. Form: Syntax
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11. Form: Phonology
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12. Form: Morphology
arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com

13. Test your morphological
awareness:
•Atro/y/opsy/ed: Starry eyed
•Hemi/mort: Half dead
•Platy/rupt/ed: Flatbroke
Reading Foundations NCSIP

15. Dialects
 Dr. Walt Wolfram (Professor at NC State)
studies and documents North Carolina
dialects.
 Watch the following documentary clips
from NC Voices:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqohw8
nR6qE&list=PLBAF737D669D9E78B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfM2
GMr3lI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgi9wYs
R5fo&feature=related

16. Congratulations, you have completed Unit 1, Module 1.
Next, complete the module assignment and review the
study guide associated with this module before taking
your quiz.
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