Week 9_15/3/2011

Discussion Topic: Allophone

As you all know, in our class today (15/3/2011), we have learned about Syntax. In addition, Ms.Sarada did tell us about Allophone.

So, what do you understand about Allophone? Discuss it and support your answer with examples. 


Remember!! 
Do not copy and paste from your research, elaborate it in your own words. 


Have a good try, mates!! Cheers~ ;)




=With Love_Tessa= ;)

Week 9_15/3/2011

Quiz of the day


For your better understanding, please answer the questions as below:


1.) What is Syntax?


2.) What does "Structure" mean? Give an example.


3.) When someone says, "He no go there..", what does it reflect?


4.) What is a sentence?


5.) How many sentence can you produce from the following?
     
     (a) The black cat
     (b) The tall boy


6.) Look at the following, do they mean the same or are they different?
     
     (a)  i) She has what a man wants.
          ii) She wants what a man has.
     
     (b)  i) They called in the guard.
          ii) They called the guard in.


7.) Look at the following, which is a grammatical sentence and which is not?
     
     (a) The boy found the ball.
     (b) The boy found quickly.
     (c) The boy found in the house.
     (d) The boy found the ball in the house.
     (e) Ju slept the baby.
     (f) Ju slept soundly.


8.) Look at the following, are they grammatical?


     (a) The butterflies sang and danced.
     (b) The cows wore pretty dresses.
     (c) Jack and Jill ran up the bill.


9.) The following has multiple meanings or are ambiguous sentences.


     (a) Synthetic buffalo hides.
     (b) For sales: An antique desk suitable for a lady with thick legs and large drawers.
     (c) We will oil your sewing machine and adjust tension in your home for RM100.
     (d) She missed the boat.
     (e) This will make you smart.
     
Kindly post your answers here. Have a nice weekend, friends!! ;)




=With Love_Tessa= ;)

Week 9_15/3/2011

Today's activities:

1.) Exchanging and marking friends' quiz papers of previous class.
2.) Discussion about Syntax.
3.) Quiz of the day.

For the next meeting, please be prepared on this topic:

     Grammatical Structures / Part of Speech

**This post is ONLY for your reference. Kindly post your research findings based on the title. Thank you.  

=With Love_Tessa= ;)

Week 8_01/03/2011

This week's activity:

Quiz

1. Define 'morpheme'
    What does 'morpheme' mean?
    How many morpheme are there in 'morpheme'?

2. What are you looking at when you sea word?For eg ; 'dog' what are you looking at?

3. Do you know what 'lollapalooza' is?

4. When you use a word, you require 4 kinds of information. What are they?

5. What kind of information can you get from the Book Dictionary?

6. What are the different terms for 'Lexicol Categories'?

7. Name atleast 8 Lexicol Categories.

8. What are the related forms of the following :
    a) fork
    b) cry
    c) bath

9. Look at the following. Which one is incorrect.
   a) Lekha told the joke
   b) Lekha laughed the joke
   c) I only telling you
   d) I coming I coming
   e) I need sometimes

10. Divide the following into morphemes.
      a) girl
      b) ask
      c) grandmother
      d) beautiful

11. Look at the following set of words.Add elements to the root word
      a) true
      b) fly

12. Use morphemes at the end.
      a) adj + ly
      b) v + ment
      c) v + er
      d) n + en

13. Use morphemes in the beginning
      a) mis + v
      b) un + adj
      c) un +  v

14. Portmanteau Words - What are they?

Week 8_01/03/2011

Research Topics for next class

Morphology & Syntax
Allophone

Class on (08/03)  WILL BE postponed.
*Please take this golden opportunity to do your research and be well-prepared for the next class.
*Homework - Listen to your friends' talking and write down their incorrect sentences in the blog.

ATTN: DO NOT post any research findings about Morphology and Syntax and Allophone (research topics for next class) here. There will be another blog post for those topics. This post is only for the last task that given by Ms.Sarada (incorrect sentences that we used daily). Thanks. :)

Week 6_15/02/2011

Maulidur Rasul holiday..

Week 7_22/02/2011

Research

1. Morphology & Lexicon
2. Words & Rules

Attention :
Do not post any research findings in blog but do bring it to class.Its just for this research..;)


Mid sem..