by admin | Nov 25, 2021 | Linguistics
1. Describe briefly in your own words (3-4 sentences), how the concepts of incongruity and resolution are applied to jokes in the Incongruity Resolution model, according to the Yus (2017) article. 2. In Relevance Theory, an expression is considered more relevant if it...
by admin | Sep 6, 2021 | Linguistics
1. Briefly describe the social variable of age.2. With the use of examples, describe how the variable in (1) influences language variation in GUYANA and the Caribbean.3. Explain the concept of language in use in terms of “language and the internet”.4....
by admin | Aug 23, 2021 | Linguistics
Do you think Arabic speakers will have a hard time learning English pronunciation? Talk about which vowels and consonants they might have a hard time with. Be specific about your reasoning, and talk about natural classes whenever possible. Also, the same question but...
by admin | Aug 23, 2021 | Linguistics
In English, you say:”She saw him” not “*Him saw she””I saw them” not “*Them saw I”. 1) Why do these English pronouns only seem to exist in certain positions? Hint: A complete answer will discuss both the morphological...
by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | Linguistics
V. Which of the following morphemes, in the following words are inflectional and which are derivational? sparkler speeding threaded horsebox benighted straightest oxen embolden detective platypus disharmony two-handed tympani partly ghastlier servant VI. What...
by admin | Jul 13, 2021 | Linguistics
CLASSIFIER SYSTEMSIn Lesson 2, we discussed noun-class systems in Niger-Congo languages as being one way that languages categorize nouns. Then in Lesson 4, we saw that European languages use grammatical gender as another way of categorizing nouns. In this lesson, we...
