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By adulthood individuals are versatile speakers who can tailor any message to the context and the participants. Their conversational and literacy abilities continue to diversify and become more elaborate with age. It is also during this time that gender specific styles of communication are apparent. Except for a small percentage of adults who have some type of brain injury or disease, most individuals continue to be effective communicators throughout their lives.

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What are the hallmarks of syntax and morphology in adolescents and adults that are different from younger children?

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Define genderlect and provide an example of it.

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What are adverbial disjuncts and how are they used?

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In terms of adolescent and adult language, the term jargon is

	a special speech register used in specific situations that require a specific set of terms
	the type of language used in speaking a particular dialect
	the type of speech changes resulting from co-articulation
	the use of a foreign accent

Changes in conversational abilities occurring in adolescence include

	ability to maintain a topic for a longer amount of time
	ability to use a greater variety of conversational intents
	all of the above
	A only

A hallmark of adolescent and adult syntax/morphology is the use of dependent clauses and in particularly adverbial conjuncts. Adverbial conjuncts are

	terms that signal co- articulation
	cohesive terms that signal logical relationships of items within the sentence
	terms that signal space and time relationships of items within the sentence
	gender specific style variations within the sentence

Adults continue to sound more and more fluent. The concept of co-articulation helps adults sound more fluent. Co-articulation is

	the influence of one sound on others in the utterance in terms of articulatory placement.
	the speech register most often used by teenagers
	phonological processes
	produced as a result of genderlect

	One of the language abilities that is at risk to decline in older adulthood is the ability to explain figurative expressions.

	True False

	The 'terms of endearment' one uses to promote intimacy with friends and family is a type of speech register.

	True False

	Men, because they use speech to give and get information more than women, will ask more questions than women.

	True False

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Practice Test

What are the hallmarks of syntax and morphology in adolescents and adults that are different from younger children?

Define genderlect and provide an example of it.

What are adverbial disjuncts and how are they used?

In terms of adolescent and adult language, the term jargon is

Changes in conversational abilities occurring in adolescence include

A hallmark of adolescent and adult syntax/morphology is the use of dependent clauses and in particularly adverbial conjuncts. Adverbial conjuncts are

Adults continue to sound more and more fluent. The concept of co-articulation helps adults sound more fluent. Co-articulation is

One of the language abilities that is at risk to decline in older adulthood is the ability to explain figurative expressions.

The 'terms of endearment' one uses to promote intimacy with friends and family is a type of speech register.

Men, because they use speech to give and get information more than women, will ask more questions than women.