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Week 7 or 8

 

- Linguistics revisited in groups of 7 - earn your badges
- Chapter 18 & 19 - social and regional variation

Linguistics so far... learning by way of forgetting

Prior-knowledge word web on next slide

but first ... why is pre-knowledge and interval and retrieval practice so important?

STULAN so far

Schematic outline

 

1. Theories on why/how we came to use language (chpt 1)
   
2. Individual words: how did we get so many? (5)
   
3. Morphology: zooming in on word parts. (6)
   
4. Semantics: how do words relate to one another? (9)
   
5. How can we make sense of language around us? (10)
   
6. How can we make sense of conversation? (11)
   
7. Language families and development of Eng language (17)
   

Divide chapters in group

 

1. Theories on why/how we came to use language (chpt 1)
   
2. Individual words: how did we get so many? (5)
   
3. Morphology: zooming in on word parts. (6)
   
4. Semantics: how do words relate to one another? (9)
   
5. How can we make sense of language around us? (10)
   
6. How can we make sense of conversation? (11)
   
7. Language families and development of Eng language (17)
   

Sink or swim together

• Everyone must win
  
• Experts on topic help others to succeed
• Only one laptop playing per group; the rest helps
• They confer and reach consensus about correct answer
  
• Extra points can be earned by providing additional info
• Now start studying for the 'test'
  

Which of the following words came into the English language through coinage?

1. Assassin
2. Infotainment
3. Kleenex
4. a hankie

3 X

5 X

4 X

4 X

3 X

The divine source

The natural

sound source

The social inter-action source

The physical

adaptation source

The genetic source

Innateness hypothesis

FOXP2

Larynx

capacity for speech

risk of choking

"Yo-he-ho" theory

Coordinated effort

The "Pooh-Pooh" theory

Social groups

The "Bow-Wow" theory

Onomatopeia

Instinctive emo-tional sounds

Quest for "original" language

There's one in almost every culture

You are hungry and would like to eat something. Which of the following is/are indirect speech acts

1. Are you having anything to eat?
2. Are you going to finish that?
3. I am hungry.
4. Give me a sandwich!

Lexical

Functional

Inflectional

Deriva-

tional

shock

shocked

distasteful

shocks

teacher

teacher's

Their

for

effect

how

stronger

"I am taking my dog to the vet"
What process led to the word vet?
Word relationship folks also pay extra close attention here.

He drank the whole bottle

Hyponomy

antonym

synonym

homonym

 go see the vet

He is a Nam vet

couch

sofa

bank

metonomy

superordinate

buy

sell

boiling a kettle

In which of the following words is "im" NOT a derivational morpheme?

1. Impossible
2. Imperceptible
3. Impala
4. Imperil

1

2

3

4

5

What term do linguists use for words from different languages that are similar in form and meaning?
Words like: Hause, house, huis

Person deixis

Spatial deixis

Temporal deixis

I

am

sorry

that

he

was

not

here

yesterday

Which of the following principles / maxims is broken?

1. quantity
2. quality
3. relation
4. manner

Q1: Have you seen my sneakers?

Q3: Green? Which ones do you mean?

A2: Yes, the green ones with the yellow stripes!

With the yellow stripes

They are in the bedroom

Q2

A3

Do you mean those green ones?

A1:

Final question
What is a possible prototype of the superordinate "flower"? Also give two co-hyponyms of "sports"

Week 7

 

- Linguistics revisited in groups of 7 - earn your badges
- Chapter 18 & 19 - social and regional variation

Divide the work

 

1. Divide chapters 18 & 19 in your group
2. Take concise notes and get ready to present
3. Present your part
   
4. Make sure to give good examples and ask questions
   

Next week

 

Study your two choice chapters.
Expert groups on chapters.

Study chapters 18 & 19 again in class.
Test on these chapters.