Question

5 - using your voice: articulation, pronunciation, dialect, and vocal variety

learning objective: explain how articulation, pronunciation, dialect, and vocal variety can impact speech delivery.

changing the sounds of words by using stress, rhythm, and intonation on syllables is called ______.

a.) articulation
b.) vocalics
c.) dialect
d.) pronunciation

Explanation:

Analyze the definition of vocal delivery terms

• Articulation refers to the physical production of particular speech sounds.
• Vocalics (or paralanguage) involves the nonverbal cues of the voice, including stress, rhythm, and intonation (pitch variation) on syllables.
• Dialect is a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.
• Pronunciation is the accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.

Match the definition to the correct term

• The prompt asks for the term that describes "Changing the sounds of words by using stress, rhythm, and intonation on syllables".
• This matches the definition of vocalics.

Answer:

• a.) articulation
• b.) vocalics (Correct answer)
• c.) dialect
• d.) pronunciation