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SECTION B QUESTION 4 For questions A, B,D and F the IPA is used in the phonetic transcriptions. The following websites were referred: www.antimoon.com/ipa www.lexilogos.com
A. 1) Knife 2) Mythology 3) Island 4) Queue 5) Humorous 6) Acquire 7) Crumbs 8) Examination 9) Unique 10) thatch B. 1) 2) m - thumb wr-weather
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8) wt-watching 9) ules-shoelace 10) junajtd stets v mrk-United States of America C. Phonology is the study of the sound features used in a language to communicate meaning. They include phonemes, word stress, sentence stress and intonation. Phonology is concerned with how sounds function in relation to each other in a language Phonetics is concerned with how sounds are produced, transmitted and perceived .Phonetics is about sounds of language, phonology about sound systems of language. Phonetics is a descriptive tool necessary to the study of the phonological aspects of a language.
D. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank ,and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading ,but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book , thought Alice without pictures or conversations.
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e. file - vile
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H. Well , I would teach my elementary class both these words as they both have the same meaning. The word Bucket( bkt) is used in British English as compared to Pail (pel ) which was mostly used in new American English .The word bucket can be taught in reference to everyday use , and pail can be taught by using nursery rhymes such as Jack & Jill. So for young learners it will not be problem as they can relate and understand through context. For visuals pictures can be shown. As far as phonetics is concerned the word pail is easier to pronounce .It is pronounced with a consonant p + a long vowel (dipthong ae) + consonant l.
I. 1) One speaks English here - it should be English is spoken here, the person who put up the sign might not be aware of the passive voice or how to put up a sign board.
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Alice was just beginning to think to herself+ Now what am I to do with this creature when I get home + when it grunted again , so violently + that she looked down into its face in some alarm. Alice was ING [Alice just began TO (think to herself)]+ Now what am I to do with this creature when I get home + when it grunted again , so violently + that [PASSIVE ( she looked down into its face in some alarm)]. M. Reading the passage below from The History of Mr Polly various clues can be drawn .
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They went to Australia and Italy.. Here the stress is on Australia as it gives information that the first place of destination is Australia , then there could be other places like Italy followed by . Which could mean that there were more than two places of destination. O. First he put his {dirty sweater} into the {washing machine} ,then returned to the {armchair} in front of the television. The above sentence contains 3 morphemes. They are:
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b) Washing machine : 3 morphemes,2 bound 1 free Wash+ ing machine c) Armchair: 2 free morphemes arm and chair
P. Yes , there is a difference between the pronunciation of the two words .The stress in sentence A is here progress T he stress in sentence B is on progress . Q. The word room in each of these has different meanings with reference to context .In sentence A it refers to the actual room physically ( 4 walled structure).In sentence B it refers to space ,i.e. the amount of space available in the case for keeping things. In urdu both of these words translate into one word . Room( 4 walled structure ) Room (space)- R. In Urdu-Hindi, possession can be expressed with the word paas meaning
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Urdu also has a locative usage of this paas that gives its literal meaning near. 2. daryaa=ke paas aik iimaarat hai. Paas = near There is a building near the river.
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