Which dimension of language is concerned with the meaning of words and combinations of words?

1. using language for different purposes (e.g., greeting, informing, demanding,promising, requesting);
2. changing language according to the needs of a listeners or situation (e.g., talking differently to a baby than to an adult, giving background information to an unfamiliar listener, speaking differently in a classroom than on a playground)
3. following rules for conversations and storytelling (e.g., taking turns, staying on topic, rephrasing when misunderstood, how close to stand when someone is talking, how to use facial expressions and eye contact)

1. Distortion: A speech sound is distorted when it sounds more likely the intended phoneme than another speech sound but it is conspicuously wrong. sleep, "thleep" "schleep", "zleep", "thleep"...;
2. Substitution: train, "crane", doze, "those". difficult to know wrong, and resist to correct;
3.Omission: post, "pos"; school, "cool";
4. Addition: brown, "buhrown"; hammer, "hamber";

many speech-sound errors are not simply a function of faulty mechanical operation of speech apparatus but are directly related to the problems of recognizing or processing the sound component of language ( phonology )

causes the voice to sound breathy, hoarse, husky, and strained most of the time. In severe cases, there is no voice at all;
1. organic causes, such as growths or irritations on the vocal cords;
2. hoarseness most frequently comes from chronic vocal abuse, such as yelling, imitating noises, or habitually talking while under tension
3. Misuse of the voice causes swelling of the vocal folds, which in tum can lead to growths known as vocal nodules, nodes, or polyps;
4. A breathy voice is unpleasant because it is low in volume and fails to make adequate use of the vocal cords.

organic:that is, attributable to damage, dysfunction, or malformation of a specific organ or part of body;
cleft palate ,
paralysis of speech muscles,
absence of teeth,
craniofacial abnormalities,
enlarged adenoids,
traumatic brain injury,
dysarthria.
An organic speech impairment may be a child's primary disability, or it may be secondary to other disabilities such as cerebral palsy or intellectual disabilities.

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