Speech Dysfluency And Popular Fillers Reading Answers

Kasturika Samanta

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Updated On Aug 14, 2024

Speech Dysfluency And Popular Fillers
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Speech Dysfluency And Popular Fillers

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Question number	Answer	Explanation
27	TRUE	As per the first line of paragraph B, ‘fillers are parts of speech which are not generally recognised as meaningful and they include speech problems, such as stuttering.’ The phrase ‘not generally recognised as meaningful’ suggests that fillers are usually expressed as pauses because they serve no linguistic meaning or purpose. As the statement agrees with the information, the correct answer is “TRUE.”
28	TRUE	Paragraph C puts forward this idea that ‘researcher in linguistics has shown that fillers change across cultures and that even the different English speaking nations use different fillers.’ The term ‘fillers change across cultures’ confirms that fillers vary across cultures. As the statement agrees with the information, the correct answer is “TRUE.”
29	FALSE	According to paragraph B ‘fillers are normally avoided on television and films, but they occur quite regularly in everyday conversation, sometimes making up more than 20% of ‘words’ in speech.’ From this line, we can infer that fillers are normally avoided. However, they are common in everyday language by contributing 20% in speech. As the statement contradicts the information, the correct answer is “FALSE.”
30	TRUE	The initial line of paragraph E mentions that ‘Liberman has discovered that as Americans get older, they use ‘uh’ more than ‘um’ and that men use ‘uh’ more than women no matter their age.’ The earlier line confirms that American men use ‘uh’ more than American women. As the statement agrees with the information, the correct answer is “TRUE.”

31	NOT GIVEN	As per paragraph C, ‘Spanish speakers say ‘ehh’ and in Latin America but not Spain.’ However, there is no information stating that younger Spaniards speak ‘ehh’ more than older Spaniards. Therefore, since the information is not given in the passage, the correct answer is “NOT GIVEN.”
32	FALSE	The last line of paragraph E mentions that ‘this was an unexpected result because scientists used to think that fillers had to do with the amount of time a speaker pauses for, rather than with who the speaker is.’ According to these lines, scientists thought that fillers were the amount of time a speaker pauses, which means that they did believe that fillers are the number of times a speaker hesitates. As the statement contradicts the statement, the correct answer is “FALSE.”
33	NOT GIVEN	None of the passages contradicts or agrees with the information given in the statement. Hence, the correct answer is “NOT GIVEN.”
34	TRUE	Paragraph H conveys that ‘the University of Edinburgh sociolinguist Josef Fruehwald may have an answer, In his view, ‘um’ and ‘uh’ are pretty much equivalent. The fact that young people and women prefer it is not significant.’ From the word “equivalent” we can infer that Josef Fruehwald does not believe that there is a gender or age difference related to ‘um’ and ‘uh.’ As the statement agrees with the information, the correct answer is “TRUE.”
35	D	In paragraph B, there’s a line that states ‘fillers are normally avoided on television and films, but they occur quite regularly in everyday conversation.’ As fillers are avoided on televisions and films, that means they are not popular with the media. Hence, the correct answer is “D.”
36	B	The third line of paragraph D states that ‘according to the University of Pennsylvania linguist Mark Liberman, ‘um’ generally comes before a longer or more important pause than ‘uh.’ At least that’s what he used to think.’ This line confirms that ‘uh’ was followed by a shorter pause than ‘um.’ Hence, the correct answer is “B.”
37	B	As per the last line of paragraph E, ‘the young say ‘um’ more often than the old. And women say ‘um’ more often than men at every age. This was an unexpected result because scientists used to think that fillers had to do more with the amount of time a speaker pauses for, rather than with who the speaker is.’ Thus, earlier scientists (linguistics) used to think that filler is more about the time the speaker pauses. However, it depends on the characteristics of the speaker. Hence, the correct answer is “B.”
38	A	A line in paragraph G conveys that ‘what is strange, however, is that ‘um’ is replacing ‘uh’ across at least two continents and five Germanic languages. Now, this really is a mystery.’ Thus, this line suggests a mystery or a puzzle that a specific language change [‘um’ replacing ‘uh’] is so widely spread. Hence, the correct answer is “A.”
39	D	Paragraph G states that ‘their conclusion is that it is simply a case of language change in progress and that women and younger people are leading the change. Women and young people normally are the typical pioneers of most language change’ As women and young people lead the change, it means women play a more important role than men. Hence, the correct answer is “D.”
40	D	In Paragraph H, there’s a line that suggests that ‘the fact that young people and women prefer it is not significant. This often happens in language when there are two options. People start using one more often until the other is no longer an option.’ From the phrase ‘people start using one more often until the other is no longer an option, we can infer that since they had no option, it was a coincidence that ‘um’ is used more than ‘uh.’ Hence, the correct answer is “D.”

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