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REMEMBER !REMEMBER !PLACEMENT TEST per i ritardatariGiovedi, ore 11, P3
Lettorato 1C SWIFT – cambio orario
Merc 10-11.30 (T30)
DIDATTICA WEB Lingua Inglese 1 LLEM“Files” e “Comunicazioni” 1
What you need to pass the exam What you need to pass the exam if you are attending classesif you are attending classes
Material from “Files” (handout, powerpoint, documents, summaries)
Check the Didattica Web bacheca regularlyWebsite (david brett)Regular study and practice every week
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What you need to pass the exam What you need to pass the exam if you are NOT attending classesif you are NOT attending classes
Material from “Files” (handout, powerpoint, documents, summaries)
Check the Didattica Web bacheca regularlyWebsite (david brett)Regular practice every weekBooks in bibliography
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Bibliography (if you need to Bibliography (if you need to understand further/better) understand further/better)
Roach, P. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge University Press
Carstairs-McCarthy A., An introduction to English morphology. Edinburgh University Press
Thomas, L. Beginning Syntax. Blackwell. 4
What you will find in the examWhat you will find in the exam
Written examQuestions on each lesson
- 40% phonetics/phonology
- 20% syntax
- 20% morphology
- 20% lexical semantics
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2010-11 LINGUA INGLESE 1 modulo A/B2010-11 LINGUA INGLESE 1 modulo A/BIntroduction to English LinguisticsIntroduction to English Linguisticsprof. Hugo Bowlesprof. Hugo Bowles
Lesson 3
Morphology 16
Structure UsePragmatics
Meaning (semantics)GrammarMedium of
Transmission
Phonetics Phonology Morphology Syntax Lexicon Discourse
Structure of Spoken Language (from Crystal 1997)
THE OVERALL PICTURETHE OVERALL PICTURE
Inflection
Derivation Composition
Word formation
MORPHOLOGY SYNTAX
GRAMMAR
MorphemesMorphemes
minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function
distinction between free morphemes and bound morphemes
Free morphemesFree morphemes
can stand by themselves as a single word
e.g. grace
Can be lexical (e.g. boy,elephant)
or functional (e.g. and, but)
Bound morphemesBound morphemes
Cannot stand alone but need to be “bound” to another morpheme, e.g. re-, -ful
Prefixes and suffixes are bound morphemes
Divided into derivational and inflectional
BASE FORMS BASE FORMS
boy, yes, elephant boy, yes, elephant
No CONSTITUENT PARTS
also called ROOTS or STEMS
PREFIXESPREFIXES
e.g. un-, de-, super- e.g. un-, de-, super-
meaningful elements
come BEFORE base form
lexical role – allow for the construction of a large number of new words
SUFFIXESSUFFIXESe.g. –ness, -ed, -ere.g. –ness, -ed, -er
meaningful elements
2 types:
DERIVATIONAL
INFLECTIONAL
DEFINING SUFFIXESDEFINING SUFFIXES
DERIVATIONALe.g. -ness, -ship, -able
change meaning of base formlexical role
INFLECTIONALe.g. -s, -ed, -er
no lexical meaninggrammatical role only
SUFFIXES
INFLECTION OF PLURALINFLECTION OF PLURAL
REGULAR FORM-s, -es, -ies
IRREGULAR FORMes. children
SINGULAR MEANINGes. scissors, binoculars
PLURALSinflection
INFLECTION OF VERBSINFLECTION OF VERBS
BASE FORM
3rd pers. sing.
-S FORM
gerund
-ING FORM
past tense, past part.
-ED FORM
TYPES OF INFLECTION
green house vs. greenhouse green house vs. greenhouse
green housetwo wordshouse which is
greenmeaning is
predictableclassified as a
PHRASE (NP)
greenhouseone worda particular type of
building (serra)meaning not
predictableclassified as a
COMPOUND
black bird vs. blackbirdblack bird vs. blackbird(like green house vs. greenhouse)(like green house vs. greenhouse)
BLACK BIRD
meaning is predictable
classified as a PHRASE (NP)
BLACKBIRD
meaning not predictable
classified as a COMPOUND
white house vs. White Housewhite house vs. White House
white house
casa bianca
meaning is predictable
classified as a PHRASE (NP)
White House
Casa Bianca
meaning not predictable
classified as a COMPOUND
Compounds can be single Compounds can be single wordswords
or combinations of wordsor combinations of words
e.g. blackbird
e.g. White House
COMPOUND VERBSCOMPOUND VERBS
VERB-VERB stir-fry
NOUN-VERB air-condition
ADJECTIVE VERB dry-clean
PREPOSITION VERB underestimate
COMPOUND ADJECTIVESCOMPOUND ADJECTIVES
NOUN-ADJECTIVE sky-high
ADJECTIVE-ADJECTIVE red-hot
PREPOSITION-ADJECTIVE hyper-active
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