Critical listening involves engaging in a mental argument with everything a speaker says.

This type of informative speech helps an audience understand concepts that are

complicated, abstract, or unfamiliar. A) Speech of description B) Speech of explanation C) Speech of demonstration D) The informative oral report

Which of the following statements best defines the term phonology?

a. It refers to the implicit additional meaning people associate with a word. b. It is the study of a unique form of language spoken by a specific group of people. c. It refers to the sounds used to pronounce words. d. It is the study of word origins and root words.